Getting first hand experience is crucial! Search for internships at a local law firm and contact them to find out more. Ask about the requirements and when to apply. 

Advice

Intern at a law office.

Reach out to a local lawyer and contact them to request an informal interview. Prepare questions in advance and ask them about their road, advice, and more! 

Interview a lawyer. 

Get a jump start on what you want do in college or test your interest before you get there by taking a class in law! What are you most looking forward to learning about?

Education

Take a law class. 

Judicial Law Clerks

Assist judges in court or by conducting research or preparing legal documents.

First Interest High-Point

Conventional occupations frequently involve following set procedures and routines. These occupations can include working with data and details more than with ideas. Usually there is a clear line of authority to follow.

Conventional

Enterprising occupations frequently involve starting up and carrying out projects. These occupations can involve leading people and making many decisions. Sometimes they require risk taking and often deal with business.

Enterprising

Second Interest High-Point

Investigative occupations frequently involve working with ideas, and require an extensive amount of thinking. These occupations can involve searching for facts and figuring out problems mentally.

Investigative

Artistic occupations frequently involve working with forms, designs and patterns. They often require self-expression and the work can be done without following a clear set of rules.

Artistic

Social occupations frequently involve working with, communicating with, and teaching people. These occupations often involve helping or providing service to others.

Social

Third Interest High-Point

Realistic occupations frequently involve work activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They often deal with plants, animals, and real-world materials like wood, tools, and machinery. Many of the occupations require working outside, and do not involve a lot of paperwork or working closely with others.

Realistic

Job Zone Five: Extensive Preparation Needed

Prepare briefs, legal memoranda, or statements of issues involved in cases, including appropriate suggestions or recommendations.

Research laws, court decisions, documents, opinions, briefs, or other information related to cases before the court.

Draft or proofread judicial opinions, decisions, or citations.

Confer with judges concerning legal questions, construction of documents, or granting of orders.

Review complaints, petitions, motions, or pleadings that have been filed to determine issues involved or basis for relief.

Keep abreast of changes in the law and inform judges when cases are affected by such changes.

Review dockets of pending litigation to ensure adequate progress.

Communicate with counsel regarding case management or procedural requirements.

Attend court sessions to hear oral arguments or record necessary case information.

Respond to questions from judicial officers or court staff on general legal issues.

Verify that all files, complaints, or other papers are available and in the proper order.

Enter information into computerized court calendar, filing, or case management systems.

Coordinate judges' meeting and appointment schedules.

Participate in conferences or discussions between trial attorneys and judges.

Prepare periodic reports on court proceedings, as required.

Supervise law students, volunteers, or other personnel assigned to the court.

Maintain judges' law libraries by assembling or updating appropriate documents.

Perform courtroom duties, including calling calendars, administering oaths, and swearing in jury panels and witnesses.

Computer inkjet printers

Computer laser printers

Document scanners

Laser facsimile machines

Personal computers

Photocopying equipment

Tablet computers

Aderant CompuLaw

Advanced Technologies Class Act

American Legalnet eDockets

American Legalnet Smart Dockets

Canyon Solutions Jcats

Compugov DocketView

Corel Office

Corel WordPerfect Office Suite

Infocom JACS

Justice Systems FullCourt Enterprise

Legal Files software

Levare Center Court

LexisNexis

LexisNexis CourtLink Strategic Profiles

LexisNexis Lexis Advance

LexisNexis Smartlinx

Microsoft Access

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Office

Microsoft Outlook

Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft Word

New Dawn Technologies JustWare Court

Oracle JavaServer Pages JSP

PTS Solutions WinJuris Court Solutions

Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER)

Syscon Court Clerk

Thomson Reuters Elite ProLaw

Thomson Reuters WestlawNext

Web browser software

GO to college and then law school. Grades are very important!

I work on different projects for roughly eight hours a day with an hour lunch break. Usually I work on any project that the client or boss needs help with. After passing the bar, I will be able to go to court and take cases.

Law Clerk

You should go to school, get an education, and you will do well.

Jason D Hunter

Law Clerk

Milestones

Education

Career

Career Roadmap

My work combines:

My work combines:

Writing

Law

Problem Solving

Day to Day

Advice for Getting Started

Recommended Education

Hurdles

The Noise I Shed

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Challenges I Overcame

Financial

Jason D Hunter

Law Clerk

Milestones

Education

Career

Career Roadmap

My work combines:

My work combines:

Writing

Law

Problem Solving

Day to Day

Advice for Getting Started

Recommended Education

My career is not related to what I studied. I'd recommend this path instead:

Hurdles

The Noise I Shed

From Myself:

Challenges I Overcame

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