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Application Period November 10, 2009 - November 19, 2009

RHODE ISLAND SUPREME COURT JUDICIAL CLERKSHIPS

2010 - 2011 TERM

FOR THE TRIAL COURT LAW CLERK DEPARTMENT

Distinguished law school graduates with outstanding academic records and excellent research and writing skills are invited to apply. 

Job Description: a department of fifteen law clerks serves the Superior, the District, and the Family Courts and the Rhode Island Traffic Tribunal.  The law clerks do legal research and writing in the areas of civil, criminal, family, administrative, and zoning law.   Specific duties include preparing research and motion calendar memoranda, writing draft decisions, and drafting jury instructions.  Ten law clerks are based in Providence, and five law clerks are assigned among the county courthouses and the Garrahy Judicial Complex. 

         Salary and Benefits: $45,591 with six-month step increase to $48,888 (pending cost of living increase); Health, Dental, and Vision Plan; Pension

          Term: August 30, 2010 – August 26, 2011

 Application Deadline: Postmarked by October 15, 2009

 Applications Materials: 

Cover Letter
          Resume
          Copy of official law school transcript
          Two letters of recommendation, one from a law school
          professor

Two writing samples: one designated as primary and one as secondary

        It is preferred but not required that application materials be sent in one mailing.

Send Application Materials to

                Chief Justice Paul A. Suttell
                Rhode Island Supreme Court
                250 Benefit Street
                Providence, Rhode Island 02903 

          For additional information or questions, regarding the application requirements, e-mail cfargnoli@courts.ri.gov

                        Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer