Minnesota Lawyer

Legal Assistant

• Work directly with a District Court Judge on legal research, memoranda, opinions, orders, and clerical/administrative work
• Review, study, research, and annotate laws, court decisions, documents, opinions, briefs, and related legal authorities
• Prepare briefs, legal memoranda, and jury instructions with suggestions or recommendations to the Judge
• Compile references on laws and decisions needed for legal determinations
• Confer with the Judge, Referee, or court officials regarding legal questions, document construction, and orders
• Attend court sessions, hear oral arguments, record case information, and maintain court proceeding records
• Perform courtroom duties, including taking court minutes, calling the calendar, swearing in juries and witnesses, and assisting with arraignments, motions, hearings, pre-trial conferences, and trials
• Collaborate with the Judicial Clerk on administrative duties

Law Clerk

Operations

• Perform advanced clerical case processing, data entry, and financial transaction entry using multiple court technology systems
• Review filings for timeliness, completeness, document security, and statutory compliance
• Determine processing steps based on local and statewide policies and procedures
• Maintain accurate court records in accordance with applicable rules and statutes
• Provide court information, procedural assistance, and resources to internal and external court customers in person, by phone, in writing, and electronically
• Coordinate with team members to complete daily assignments and case processing accurately and efficiently
• Assist other Civil Division departments as needed to ensure office coverage and meet workload demands
• Provide courtroom support by communicating with judicial officers, court reporters, justice partners, and court customers
• Manage court calendars and meet operational needs of the court

Court Operations Associate, Civil Filing

Clerk

• Process all appeals filed with the Minnesota Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court
• Accept appellate filings, enter them into the Minnesota Appellate Court System (MACS) database, and distribute copies to appellate court judges, internal staff, and registered MACS users
• Review document submissions for accuracy and completeness and process filings timely
• Assist attorneys, parties, self-represented litigants, judges, and the public in person, by phone, mail, and electronically
• Direct inquiries to appropriate court personnel
• Review, enter, record, and update case information using electronic case processing systems and related applications and equipment
• Determine routing of notices, motions, petitions, and other filings and notify parties of filing deficiencies
• Create accurate docket entries for case initiation, motions, orders, decisions, responses, correspondence, transcripts, and attorney scheduling conflicts
• Prepare and post appellate court decisions on the public website
• Perform printing, filing, scanning/imaging, photocopying, faxing, mail processing, file retrieval, storage preparation, and drafting orders for office equipment and supplies

Jud Appellate Court Clerk

Customer Support

• Respond to approximately 65 customer phone inquiries per day regarding court information, case status, hearings, continuances, and Zoom hearings
• Respond to information requests from the public, attorneys, and court employees
• Provide information according to applicable policies, laws, and procedures
• Issue receipts for court fees, fines, bail, and restitution
• Check people in for court
• Assist the public with applications and forms
• Prepare certified and plain copies of court records
• Scan and image documents, perform data entry, and retrieve and file case files
• File and retrieve paper, exhibit, electronic, and digital records
• Maintain court documents, files, records, and reports
• Index and update records in electronic case management systems
• Initiate case records and record party, document, flag, comment, and event data
• Attend team meetings and trainings and maintain knowledge of court procedures
• Use office equipment, operating systems, and information systems

Court Operations Clerk – Customer Service

General

• Meet with and assist self-represented litigants in person, by telephone, mail, LiveChat, Zoom, email, or other electronic means
• Gather information, determine issues, provide forms and completion guidance, review forms, and explain legal concepts and procedures without providing legal advice
• Provide information about legal aid organizations and searching for private-practice attorneys
• Review and research applicable statutes, court procedures, court rules, appellate cases, and other legal resources
• Perform legal research, analysis, and writing on procedural and substantive matters
• Prepare memorandums outlining issues, research, analysis, and recommended courses of action
• Gather Self-Help Center and Early Neutral Evaluation statistics and update reports
• Present Self-Help Center outreach opportunities to district leadership and committees
• Collaborate with court administrators, staff, justice partners, legal service providers, law libraries, bar associations, and community and government organizations
• Provide staff services to judicial committees, including notices, agendas, research, document analysis, meeting summaries, follow-up, and updates
• Develop and implement training and advanced Early Neutral Evaluation training sessions
• Provide legal review for district websites, forms, outreach, and educational materials, including developing new forms
• Troubleshoot issues, handle complaints and conflicts, and solve problems with Early Neutral Evaluation providers and justice partners
• Travel to all Tenth Judicial District counties and attend meetings, trainings, and appointments

Law Clerk

Court Operations Associate, Civil Filing

Jud Appellate Court Clerk

Court Operations Clerk – Customer Service

Senior Self-Help Center Specialist