Law Clerk

About the role

The OATH Trials Division seeks to hire one Law Clerk to provide legal research and writing support to the OATH Administrative Law Judges. The Law Clerk will provide this research and writing assistance in relation to all matters that come before the OATH tribunal. The Law Clerk may also be designated by the Chief Administrative Law Judge to conduct pre-trial settlement conferences in certain proceedings.

Responsibilities

• Maintaining a caseload of matters before numerous agencies, including the Loft Board and the Contract Dispute Resolution Board, including reviewing submissions, drafting legal notices and memoranda, organizing conferences and oral arguments, and communicating with parties, the Chairperson, and panelists;
• Proofreading and cite checking draft reports and recommendations and memorandum decisions;
• Performing legal research related to statutory and regulatory issues, including reviewing state and federal court caselaw and OATH Trials Division precedent;
• Reviewing parties' legal arguments, presentations of facts, and exhibits and writing legal memoranda and draft reports and recommendations and memorandum decisions, including decisions on motions, for review by the Supervising Law Clerk and Administrative Law Judges;
• Participating in meetings and discussions with other Law Clerks and the Administrative Law Judges;
• Maintaining an organized docket of assignments and meeting deadlines assigned by the Administrative Law Judges and the Supervising Law Clerk;
• Engaging in correspondence and communications with attorneys, agency representatives, and pro se respondents as needed;
• Drafting OATH Trials Division monthly newsletter, BenchNOTES, and summarizing cases for that newsletter and for other publications, such as The New York Law Journal, and updating and uploading cases for publication in the CityAdmin online legal research library and Lexis;
• Updating legal research databases and memoranda;
• Working with other divisions and units of OATH;
• Responding to requests for information regarding OATH records, transcripts, and other materials maintained by OATH.

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications: Graduation from an accredited United States law school as defined in the Rules of the New York Court of Appeals (Sections 520.3 or 520.5) or admission to the New York State Bar.

Preferred Skills: Preference will be given to candidates who can demonstrate excellent writing, legal research, analytical skills and an established interest in administrative law.

Benefits

Public Service Loan Forgiveness: As a prospective employee of the City of New York, you may be eligible for federal loan forgiveness programs and state repayment assistance programs. For more information, please visit the U.S. Department of Education's website at https://studentaid.gov/pslf.

Additional Information

The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic, including but not limited to an individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.