City of New York · 2 months ago
Law Clerk
Manhattan, NY
Full-time
Hybrid
New Grad, Entry Level
$73K/yr - $73K/yrThe City of New York’s Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings (OATH) is the nation’s largest administrative tribunal, adjudicating a wide range of matters filed by various city agencies. The Law Clerk will provide legal research and writing support to the OATH Administrative Law Judges and may conduct pre-trial settlement conferences.
GovernmentLegalPublic Relations
Responsibilities
Maintaining a caseload of matters before numerous agencies, including the Loft Board and the Contract Dispute Resolution Board, including reviewing submissions, drafting legal notices and memoranda, organizing conferences and oral arguments, and communicating with parties, the Chairperson, and panelists
Proofreading and cite checking draft reports and recommendations and memorandum decisions
Performing legal research related to statutory and regulatory issues, including reviewing state and federal court caselaw and OATH Trials Division precedent
Reviewing parties’ legal arguments, presentations of facts, and exhibits and writing legal memoranda and draft reports and recommendations and memorandum decisions, including decisions on motions, for review by the Supervising Law Clerk and Administrative Law Judges
Participating in meetings and discussions with other Law Clerks and the Administrative Law Judges
Maintaining an organized docket of assignments and meeting deadlines assigned by the Administrative Law Judges and the Supervising Law Clerk
Engaging in correspondence and communications with attorneys, agency representatives, and pro se respondents as needed
Drafting OATH Trials Division monthly newsletter, BenchNOTES, and summarizing cases for that newsletter and for other publications, such as The New York Law Journal, and updating and uploading cases for publication in the CityAdmin online legal research library and Lexis
Updating legal research databases and memoranda
Working with other divisions and units of OATH
Responding to requests for information regarding OATH records, transcripts, and other materials maintained by OATH
Qualification
Required
Graduation from an accredited United States law school as defined in the Rules of the New York Court of Appeals (Sections 520.3 or 520.5)
Admission to the New York State Bar
Preferred
Excellent writing, legal research, analytical skills
Established interest in administrative law
Benefits
Public Service Loan Forgiveness
Company
City of New York
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