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Judicial Law Clerks
Assist judges in court or by conducting research or preparing legal documents.
What a judicial law clerk does
Become a judicial law clerk
If you enjoy doing these activities, you might make a good judicial law clerk
- Reading work related information.
- Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.
- Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.
Discover what you could earn in Washington
- Typical hourly rate is $42 per hour with a typical salary of $84,400 per year.
- Half of workers earn between $34 and $52 per hour.
- Half of workers earn an annual salary between $24,700 and $79,100 per year.
- 42% of individuals in this occupation have been employed in every quarter of the past year.
Part-time
- The typical hourly rate for part-time workers is $36 per hour with a typical salary of $58,400 per year.
- 45.9% of individuals in this occupation worked part-time during the past year.
Judicial Law Clerk job outlook
- There are 520 workers in this occupation in Washington.
- There are 56 openings per year in this occupation in Washington.
Multiple Jobs
- 15% of individuals in this occupation held a position in another.