Courtroom Clerk I

JOB SUMMARY

Courtroom Clerks perform complex legal clerical work in support of Superior Court judicial officers. Typical duties include attending court sessions to record and prepare the official minutes of court proceedings; administering oaths; impaneling juries and maintaining jury attendance records; receiving, marking and maintaining exhibits; reading verdicts and polling juries; calendaring activities in support of independent calendar departments in civil, family or probate, including preparing notices and resolving scheduling problems; providing authoritative information on court policies, procedures, or specific cases; utilizing and maintaining information in automated case management tracking systems; and filing, preparing and processing a variety of court documents for civil, criminal, juvenile, family law, probate, small claims, or minor offense cases.

KNOWLEDGE

• Legal terminology
• Legal clerical procedures related to preparing, processing and reviewing court-related documents and forms
• Routine court proceedings and calendaring activities related to civil, criminal, juvenile, family law, probate, small claims, and minor offense matters
• Proper English usage, including grammar and punctuation

ABILITY

• Listen, summarize, and document court proceedings
• Read, comprehend and interpret legal codes and statutes
• Proofread and review documents and records for correctness and sufficiency of information
• Follow written and verbal instructions
• Communicate effectively, both orally and in writing
• Prepare and compose correspondence and reports
• Train others in job tasks
• Maintain confidentiality
• Work independently
• Organize and prioritize work
• Effectively handle multiple and varied assignments simultaneously
• Exercise good judgment, tact, courtesy and diplomacy in dealing with judicial officers, court staff, attorneys, law enforcement officers and the general public
• Operate and use personal computers

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• At least two years of full-time experience as a Court Operations Clerk and related knowledge, skills and abilities
• Four years of full-time legal clerical/secretarial experience including preparing, processing and/or reviewing legal documents
• Educational Substitution: A paralegal certificate from an accredited college or university or an Associate's degree (or higher) in business or a directly related field may substitute for up to a maximum of one (1) year of the required two (2) years of Court Operations Clerk legal clerical/secretarial experience.