Judicial Law Clerks
Assist judges in court or by conducting research or preparing legal documents.
- US jobs
- 13,290
- Median wage
- $64,920 a year
- Job family
- Legal
Can agents do the work of judicial law clerks?
We read the evidence at the level of the job family, Legal:
- Task levelUnexploredNo task-level benchmark in our collection tests legal work, such as contract review or legal research with tools.
- Project levelPartialOnly adjacent evidence. APEX-Agents includes corporate-law tasks: across banking, consulting, and law, the best agent passes 73.5% on the first try. GDPval includes lawyers among its 44 occupations. Neither benchmark tests work with real clients, courts, or deadlines.
Benchmarks for the job family
These cover work in legal, not always this occupation's tasks.
- 1846 EloClaude Opus 5.5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort, Default Fallback) · 23 Sep 2026Unrated
Typical tasks
From O*NET 31.0. Core tasks first. Few of these tasks have a benchmark today.
- 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.
- Attend court sessions to hear oral arguments or record necessary case information.
- Review dockets of pending litigation to ensure adequate progress.
- Communicate with counsel regarding case management or procedural requirements.
- Respond to questions from judicial officers or court staff on general legal issues.
- Enter information into computerized court calendar, filing, or case management systems.
- Verify that all files, complaints, or other papers are available and in the proper order.
Other job titles for this occupation (27)
Appellate Law Clerk · Career Judicial Law Clerk · Career Law Clerk · Judicial Assistant · Judicial Clerk · Judicial Law Clerk · Law Clerk · Law Researcher · Pro Se Law Clerk · Term Law Clerk · Attorney Law Clerk · Chancery Clerk · Court of Appeals Law Clerk · District Clerk · District Court Law Clerk · Family Law Associate · Federal Appellate Clerk · Federal Appellate Law Clerk · Federal Court of Appeals Law Clerk · Federal District Clerk · Federal District Law Clerk · Federal Judicial Law Clerk · Federal Law Clerk · Law Associate · Law Firm Consultant · Legal Clerk · State Appellate Clerk