Law Clerk – Legal Research Assistant Job Announcement – San Francisco Superior Court

Open only to graduating law school students & law school graduates.

One-year appointments.

The Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco, is actively seeking third-year law students and law school graduates interested in a temporary one-year law clerk position with the Court. The Court law clerk position provides a great opportunity to sharpen research and writing skills while being exposed to a wide variety of legal issues and offers insight into the judicial process. Law clerks perform legal work, legal research, and legal consultation for Court judicial officers and staff and perform other job-related duties as required.

• FINAL FILING DATE: 12:00 PM, January 27, 2025
• COMPENSATION: $88,554 annually ($3,405.94 biweekly)*

The Court offers a generous benefits package including a variety of health and dental insurance plans, paid sick leave, floating holidays, and holiday pay. *Appointments are made at the first step of the salary range with subsequent increases annually up to the top step of the salary range. All salaries are subject to payroll deductions.

EXAMPLES OF DUTIES

Legal Research Assistants are generally assigned as law clerks in the Criminal Division or Civil Division (including the departments of the Presiding Judge, Probate, Family, Law and Motion, Asbestos, Complex Litigation, general Civil, the Housing Court, and the Appellate Division).

Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco | Administrative Office, 400 McAllister Street, Room 205, San Francisco, CA 94102

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

Incumbents provide legal research, briefing memos, and statements of decision to applicable bench Officers. Work is performed in an office environment; continuous contact with other staff; may have contact with the public or attorneys appearing before the court.

Physical Requirements: Sit for extended periods; frequently stand and walk; normal manual dexterity and eye-hand coordination; lift and move objects weighing up to 25 lbs.; corrected hearing and vision to normal range; verbal communication; use of office equipment, including computer, telephone, calculator, copiers, and FAX.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Applicants must be in their third year of law school with the expectation of graduating from law school prior to June 30, 2025, or otherwise be a law school graduate by that date.
• Applicants must take the July 2025 California Bar exam or be an active member of the State Bar of California.
• Applicants must be skilled in legal writing and research; and should be able to type, use computer equipment, and be familiar with the use of Lexis and Westlaw.

HOW TO APPLY

Interested individuals must apply online and include a valid email address where the applicant can receive future correspondence regarding the position. To be considered for the position, applicants must submit ALL the following required documents:

• Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco, online employment application (fully completed). The link to the online application is available on the Court’s website at https://sf.courts.ca.gov/general-information/human-resourcesemployment.
• Resume, including law school activities and related work experience.
• Law school transcripts.
• Three letters of recommendation.
• A writing sample of not more than five pages in length.

The required documents are very important to the selection process. It is recommended that applicants review the information in this announcement and on the application very carefully. Once the application has been submitted, it cannot be corrected, changed or resubmitted. All applications must be submitted online by the final filing date and time indicated in this announcement.

The Court strongly prefers that all the required documents listed above, including law school transcripts and letters of recommendation, are submitted with the application so that all the required documents are submitted by the applicant as one complete package. However, law school transcripts and letters of recommendation that are being submitted separately must also be submitted electronically and received by the Court by the final filing date and time indicated in this announcement. The Court will not be responsible for individually submitted documents that become separated from the application package from an applicant. Failure to comply with the submission of all
these required documents may result in automatic disqualification from consideration.

Law school transcripts and letters of recommendation that must be submitted separately from the application package can be emailed to cstrand@sftc.org. All documents must be submitted electronically.