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Law Clerk

Law Clerk Job Description:

Law clerks are trained professional doing independent legal work, which may include managerial duties, under the direction and guidance of a lawyer and whose function is to relieve a lawyer of routine legal and administrative matters and assist him in the more complex ones.Law clerks should have computer and technical knowledge as well as strong analytical, communication and organizational skills.

Typical Duties of a Law Clerk:

Assisting lawyers in preparing for transactional closings, depositions, hearings, trials and conferences; completing many administrative tasks, including, working on individual cases or transactions Investigating the factual evidence of a transaction or case and preparing exhibits, charts and diagrams to display information Conducting routine discovery Obtaining due diligence materials, such as corporate certificates of good standing, real estate and title information, and securities filings Organizing and tracking files for important transactions or case documents, including pleadings and voluminous discovery documents; creating and maintaining a case-management database

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