Courtroom Clerk II

Job Description Summary

Join our team as a Courtroom Clerk and play a vital role in ensuring accurate records, timely case processing, and smooth courtroom operations. This position will support the court's daily operations with precision and professionalism. Prepare a daily calendar involving in-custody defendants appearing via video transmission from the Pima County Jail.

Join our team as a Courtroom Clerk and play a vital role in ensuring accurate records, timely case processing, and smooth courtroom operations. This position will support the court's daily operations with precision and professionalism. Prepare a daily calendar involving in-custody defendants appearing via video transmission from the Pima County Jail.

Provide administrative and clerical support to judges, attorneys, and the public to ensure accurate and efficient case processing requiring knowledge of legal procedures, terminology, documentation, and time constraints, and make independent decisions regarding the processing of routine legal documents. This is a court-classified position that has no supervisory responsibilities.

Hiring Rate: $21.76 Hourly

An Associate’s Degree in Business Administration, Public Administration, paralegal studies, or a closely related field and one year specialized experience working in a legal office environment; OR A certificate of completion in paralegal or legal assistant studies from an American Bar Association (ABA) approved program at an accredited college or university and one year specialized experience working in a legal office environment;

OR A high school diploma or the equivalent and two years specialized experience working in a legal office environment.

Once a candidate formally accepts a job offer with Superior Court, Juvenile Court, or Justice Court, all other active applications they may have submitted for different roles within these courts will be inactivated. This ensures clarity in our hiring process and allows us to focus on onboarding and supporting the candidate in their new role. We appreciate your interest in joining our team.

Please be aware that selected candidates for this position must be authorized to work in the United States and will need provide documentation of eligibility on the first day of employment.

The court does not provide visa sponsorship.

None required.

Provide administrative and clerical support to judges, attorneys, and the public to ensure accurate and efficient case processing requiring knowledge of legal procedures, terminology, documentation, and time constraints, and makes independent decisions regarding the processing of routine legal documents. This is a court-classified position that has no supervisory responsibilities.

• Research case files for completeness and accuracy and prepares the file for court;
• Conduct digital recording of courtroom proceedings to document parties' statements and activity in the courtroom;
• Review case files prior to court to ensure proper documentation and advise the judge of the case status;
• Check defendants in prior to the beginning of court and enter their presence for digital recording purposes;
• Enter all case proceedings, dispositions, motions, and court calendar into the appropriate automated systems;
• Coordinate all calendar matters with judicial staff, attorneys, litigants, victims, and outside agencies according to judicial guidelines;
• Schedule events as ordered by the judge;
• Manage efficient case flow by ensuring future events are properly scheduled;
• Provide administrative and clerical support of a confidential nature to the judges including the Presiding Judge and judges…