Appellate Court Clerk II (Supreme Court) - Honolulu, Oahu

Hawai`i State Judiciary • Honolulu, HI

2d • Onsite

About The Position

This position involves supervising and participating in Appellate Court Clerk work. The role includes planning, coordinating, scheduling, and preparing cases for court. Responsibilities also involve reviewing appellate court documents to ensure compliance with court orders and rules, summarizing and digesting the principal points of legal documents to aid court action, recommending the disposition of procedural motions, and recommending routine judicial sanctions against attorneys to the Chief Justice or their designee.

Requirements

• Graduation from high school
• Two (2) years progressively responsible general clerical work experience
• Five (5) years of court work experience which included work dealing with the preparation of legal and/or court documents and forms
• Of the five (5) years of Specialized Experience, at least one (1) year of work experience must have involved the preparation of court documents and forms for an appellate court which included opinions, decisions, and sanction orders
• Such experience must have also included the checking of citations and references, and summarizing and digesting legal document information
• OR Of the five (5) years of Specialized Experience, at least two (2) years of work experience must have involved the preparation and/or processing of court documents and forms for a circuit court
• Such experience must have been comparable to the work performed at the Courts Document Clerk, Circuit Court Clerk II, or Estate and Guardianship Specialist levels and included summarizing and digesting legal document information
• Type at a rate of 40 net words per minute
• Demonstrated supervisory aptitude

Responsibilities

• Supervises and participates in Appellate Court Clerk work
• Plans, coordinates, schedules and prepares all ready cases for court
• Reviews appellate court documents to determine compliance with court orders and rules
• Summarizes and digests principal points of legal documents to facilitate court action
• Recommends disposition of procedural motions
• Recommends routine judicial sanctions against attorneys to the Chief Justice or his/her designee

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED