Closing Date: 27th July, 2024
Description:
Class Definition:The Rhode Island Supreme Court invites rising third-year law school students and recent law school graduates to apply to serve as law clerks in the Trial Court Law Clerk Department for the 2025-2026 term. Candidates with outstanding academic records and excellent legal writing, research, and oral communication skills are encouraged to apply.
Trial Law Clerk Term: August 24, 2025 - August 22, 2026
Job Description: Our department of seventeen Law Clerks serves the Superior, District, and Family Courts, and the Rhode Island Traffic Tribunal. Law Clerks are based in Providence County, Kent County, Newport County and Washington County courthouses. Applicants must be willing to work in any of these locations and will receive their assignments during the first week of the term.
The Trial Court Law Clerk Department serves judicial officers on the Rhode Island Superior, District, and Family Courts, and the Rhode Island Traffic Tribunal. Law clerks perform legal research and writing on complex areas of civil, criminal, family, administrative, and zoning law. Law clerks assist the judiciary by performing legal research, preparing written bench memoranda, and assisting with writing draft judicial decisions, but tasks may differ depending on the law clerk's particular assignment within the Department.