Law Clerk - Public Defense Services

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REVISED

THIS RECRUITMENT IS TO ESTABLISH A REGISTER for current and future LAW CLERK vacancies in the Public Defense Services Department.

Job Type: Unclassified

Job Classification: 1737 - Law Clerk

Salary Grade: 7

Pay Range

Hiring Range: $21.87 - $25.69 Per Hour

Pay Range: $21.87 - $29.52 Per Hour

Salary offers are based on the candidate's equivalent experience and internal equity with other employees within the same job classification.

Law Clerks assist attorneys in tasks such as preparing pleadings and legal memoranda, conducting legal research, reviewing and summarizing disclosure and records, meeting with clients at the jail, and observing court proceedings. Law Clerks assist with research and writing assignments in the areas of criminal defense, juvenile delinquency proceedings, and dependency proceedings. Law Clerks are expected to be recent law graduates who are either (a) awaiting bar results or character and fitness results OR (b) are currently preparing to take the bar.

All applicants must demonstrate an interest in remaining with Pima County Public Defense Services after their clerkship and be promoted to trial attorney. Extensive efforts are made by the office to incorporate and include Law Clerks in various training and professional development opportunities with an eye toward becoming attorneys within the office.

Job Description Summary

Department - Public Defense Services



Job Description

REVISED

THIS RECRUITMENT IS TO ESTABLISH A REGISTER for current and future LAW CLERK vacancies in the Public Defense Services Department.

Job Type: Unclassified

Job Classification: 1737 - Law Clerk

Salary Grade: 7

Pay Range

Hiring Range: $21.87 - $25.69 Per Hour

Pay Range: $21.87 - $29.52 Per Hour

Salary offers are based on the candidate's equivalent experience and internal equity with other employees within the same job classification.

Law Clerks assist attorneys in tasks such as preparing pleadings and legal memoranda, conducting legal research, reviewing and summarizing disclosure and records, meeting with clients at the jail, and observing court proceedings. Law Clerks assist with research and writing assignments in the areas of criminal defense, juvenile delinquency proceedings, and dependency proceedings. Law Clerks are expected to be recent law graduates who are either (a) awaiting bar results or character and fitness results OR (b) are currently preparing to take the bar.

All applicants must demonstrate an interest in remaining with Pima County Public Defense Services after their clerkship and be promoted to trial attorney. Extensive efforts are made by the office to incorporate and include Law Clerks in various training and professional development opportunities with an eye toward becoming attorneys within the office.

This classification is in the unclassified service and is exempt from the Pima County Merit System Rules.

For more information about the Public Defense Services Department, please visit their website at: (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)./pds

Essential Functions

As defined under the Americans with Disabilities Act, this classification may include any of the following tasks, knowledge, skills, and other characteristics. This list is ILLUSTRATIVE ONLY and is not a comprehensive listing of all functions and tasks performed by incumbents of this class. Work assignments may vary depending on the department’s need and will be communicated to the applicant or incumbent by the supervisor.

• Researches appeals and prepares drafts of preliminary briefs or arguments based on statutory law or decisions;
• Conducts legal research through the use of computerized legal research systems such as Lexis and Westlaw, or statutes, U.S. Constitution, legal periodicals, law reviews, digests, legal encyclopedias, codes, regional and federal reporters, slip opinions and various case law;
• Updates or shepardizes case law to distinguish and analogize the case to the fact situation at hand;
• Identifies applicable…