Career Law Clerk Opening in Norfolk Division

The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia invites applications for the position of Career Law Clerk for United States District Judge Arenda L. Wright Allen.

This position is available October 1, 2021 and is a permanent law clerk position rather than a term or temporary law clerk position. Law clerk duties will include, but are not limited: to reviewing briefs and other case filings; performing legal research; writing bench memoranda; and drafting orders and opinions in a wide variety of civil and criminal cases. Administrative duties will include: serving as principal administrative manager of chambers; daily reviewing the active case docket and drafting standard scheduling orders as necessary; training and assisting the term law clerks; and managing the judge’s schedule. Exceptional writing and editing skills are required, and candidates with prior federal judicial clerkship experience will be preferred.

GRADE/SALARY RANGE: JSP 13 - 14 ($92,588 - $142,232); Actual starting salary dependent upon experience and qualifications.

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