legal clerks
Judges' research aides
Legal clerks are assistants who support judges or attorneys with legal research, drafting documents, and administrative tasks.
A judicial clerk (or law clerk) works for a judge, reviewing case materials and helping draft opinions—a prestigious position often held by recent law school graduates.
Law firm clerks assist practicing attorneys with similar work: She spent her summer as a legal clerk at a downtown firm.
- correspondenceExchanged written communication
- appellate courtTribunal reviewing lower decisions
- schedulingAssigning times to events
- chambersEnclosed functional rooms
- jury instructionsLegal guidance for deliberators
judge · mentorship programs · filing · evidence handling · appeals process · document management · trial preparation · record-keeping · data entry · billable hours · billing · summer associate · archiving · case files · footnotes · transcription · litigation · documents
legal clerksjudges
Legal proceeding overseers
chief justices · justices · attorneys · lawyers · senior partners
legal clerkslitigators
Lawyers who pursue lawsuits
trial attorneys · decision-makers · adjudicators · arbitrators · clients