What are the responsibilities and job description for the GRADUATE LAW CLERK (Relief) position at Tuolumne County?
Description
R E L I E F P O S I T I O N
Schedule: Full-Time for no more than 6 months.
Requires graduation from an accredited law school within the last twelve (12) months AND awaiting California State Bar Examination results.
The County of Tuolumne offers a Graduate Law Clerk Program to recent law school graduates who are awaiting California Bar Examination results. Graduate Law Clerks can be assigned to the District Attorney or Public Defender, on an as needed basis.
The Graduate Law Clerk Program offers full-time paid positions where incumbents will be expected to work forty (40) hours a week and will be employed while awaiting Bar results, for a period of no longer than 6 months. Once successful results have been received from the California Bar Association and satisfactory work performance has been observed, you may be offered regular employment as a licensed attorney with the County of Tuolumne. Failure to pass the California Bar Examination within the six (6) month timeframe will result in termination of employment.
GRADUATE LAW CLERK DEFINITION
Under direction or general supervision, provides legal research assistance to attorneys and performs related work as required. This position provides incumbents who have graduated from law school and who are candidates for admission to the State Bar of California, work experience with the practical application of law, including criminal, municipal, civil, and business law.
SUPERVISION RECEIVED AND EXERCISED
Receives administrative and technical direction and supervision from a California Bar licensed department Attorney.
CLASS CHARACTERISTICS
The Graduate Law Clerk is a single-position classification that is distinguished from the Deputy District Attorney and Deputy Public Defender classes in that former is filled on a limited basis by incumbents who are awaiting test results.
Examples of Duties
(Illustrative Only)
Management reserves the right to add, modify, change, or rescind the work assignments of different positions and to make reasonable accommodations so that qualified employees can perform the essential functions of the job.
- Researches, studies, interprets, and applies laws, court decisions, and other legal authorities for use in the preparation of cases, opinions, pleadings, briefs and other legal documents.
- Organizes extensive legal discovery, reports, documents and potential exhibits.
- Conducts pretrial review of case files for witness subpoenas and other necessary evidence for trial.
- Conducts preliminary interviews of potential complainants in criminal cases and reports on findings of facts to determine if cause of sufficient evidence is present to undertake prosecution.
- Reads, understands and analyzes legal documents such as pleadings, affidavits, court orders, transcripts statutory codes and appellate decisions.
- Prepares a variety of legal documents including drafts and memoranda summarizing the results of court decisions, administrative board decisions, State statutes, ordinances and opinions.
- Provides information to judges, attorneys, and the public concerning the work of the department.
- Communicates with witnesses, experts, clients and other interested parties.
- Schedules witnesses and prepares witnesses and clients in courtroom procedures and appropriate protocol.
- Interviews clients to obtain factual, biographical and financial information.
- Performs other related work as required.
Minimum Qualifications
Knowledge of:
- Legal principles and practices
- Methods and techniques of legal research
- Telephone, office, and online etiquette
- County customer service objectives and strategies.
- Present statements of facts, law, and argument clearly and logically in written and oral form
- Perform legal research
- Prepare drafts of resolutions and other legal documents
- Communicate effectively orally and in writing
Education and Experience:
Graduation from an accredited law school within the last twelve (12) months AND awaiting California State Bar Examination results.
Eligible for Law Student Certification pursuant to the State Bar of California’s Practical Training of Law Students (PTLS) program.
PTLS program Information: http://www.calbar.ca.gov/Admissions/Special-Admissions/Practical-Training-of-Law-Students
Candidates may apply during their year of anticipated graduation. Offers of employment conveyed prior to the candidate’s graduation shall be conditioned upon the candidate’s (1) graduation from an accredited law school, (2) completion of the California bar exam, and (3) eligibility for Law Student Certification pursuant to the State Bar of California’s Practical Training of Law Students (PTLS) program.
Licenses and Certifications:
- Possession of a valid California driver’s license.
- Eligibility for Certification as a Law Clerk
RELIEF POSITIONS ARE NOT QUALIFIED FOR BENEFITS
Employee Benefits Webpage Union Memorandums of Understanding
PERSONAL PAID LEAVES
- 12 paid holidays
- 100 – 240 hours of Personal Time Off
- 5 paid Personal Flex Days
- 80 hours of paid Attorney Leave
The County contributes monthly:
- $1,100 towards single benefits
- $1,669 towards employee one dependent
- $2,119 towards family benefits
- $550 if you opt out of health insurance due to being covered under another qualifying plan.
- Available Medical Plans: Anthem Blue Cross CARE PPO, Anthem Blue Cross CHOICE PPO, and Kaiser for those within their service area. Law Enforcement Anthem Blue Cross plan available for specific positions. Tuolumne County is not within the Kaiser service area.
- Dental Plan: Delta Dental
- Vision: VSP Vision Care
- Life Insurance: $200,000 optional life insurance plan for purchase
- Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance: $200,000
- Retirement: CalPERS and Social Security
- Retirement: Voluntary Deferred Compensation (457b)
- Longevity/Retention Pay:
- 5 years = 2.5%
- 10 years = 5%
- 15 years = 10%
- 20 years = 15%
- 25 years = 20%
- Education Incentive Pay: 2.5% for bachelors, 5% for master’s degree. Pay is awarded if degree is not a minimum qualification of the position.
- Probation Period: 26 completed pay periods
- Short-Term Disability
- Long-Term Disability
- Life Insurance
- Accident Insurance
- Credit Unions
- California 529 College Savings Program
- Propane Discounts
- Verizon & AT&T Wireless Discounts
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Employee down payment and closing cost assistance
- Student loan forgiveness
- Educational assistance program
The County has a “Learning Forward” commitment to staff. We are dedicated to our employee’s growth and provide access to a career coach/employee development professional and provides an educational assistance program.
Salary : $17 - $22