law clerk

law clerk
a clerk who assists a judge with legal proceedings. Depending on the court, such positions may be professional careers or may be temporary positions for graduating law students.

Wikipedia foundation.

Игры ⚽ Нужно решить контрольную?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • law clerk — n: one (as a law school graduate) who provides a judge, magistrate, or lawyer with assistance in such matters as research and analysis Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. law clerk …   Law dictionary

  • Law clerk — A law clerk or a judicial clerk is a person who provides assistance to a judge in researching issues before the court and in writing opinions. Law clerks are not court clerks or courtroom deputies, who are administrative staff for the court. Most …   Wikipedia

  • law clerk — noun : a student of law or a lawyer studying law or working under the supervision of a lawyer or judge in order to learn law or gain experience, often for little or no pay * * * law clerk, an assistant to a judge or lawyer: »Taking a job as a law …   Useful english dictionary

  • law clerk — A person employed in a law office, usually for the performance of duties for which admission to the bar is not required. A person following the employment for the purpose of obtaining instruction in the law and the practice of law preliminary to… …   Ballentine's law dictionary

  • law clerk — /ˈlɔ klak/ (say law klahk) noun a person who is studying law but has not yet qualified, employed temporarily in a legal firm to give assistance and gain experience …  

  • clerk — 1 n 1: an official responsible (as to a court) for correspondence, records, and accounts and having specified powers or authority (as to issue writs) a city clerk clerk of court 2 a: a person employed to keep records or accounts or to perform… …   Law dictionary

  • clerk, law — n. A law student or recent law school graduate who assists an attorney or judge with research; writing of briefs, memoranda, and opinions; and, other tasks. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy… …   Law dictionary

  • clerk of court — Administrator or chief clerical officer of the court. Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations …   Law dictionary

  • clerk of the court — index notary public Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • clerk — In the earlier days of the common law, a word for an educated person, that is to say, as of that period, a clergyman, one of the clergy who for want of education of other classes, became judicial officers and were known to be such from their… …   Ballentine's law dictionary

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”