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Judicial Law Clerks
Law, Public Safety, Corrections and Security

Judicial Law Clerks

Law, Public Safety, Corrections and Security
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

  • Average hourly rate is $37 per hour with an average salary of $76,700 per year.
  • Half of workers earn between $31 and $44 per hour.
  • Half of workers earn an annual salary between $64,500 and $91,800 per 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.

Growth rate by year

Education needed

Most of these occupations require graduate school. For example, they may require a master's degree, and some require a Ph.D., M.D., or J.D. (law degree).

Programs to get you there

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Where this information came from

  • Annual labor market information provided by Washington's Employment Security Department
  • Career information and video provided by U.S. Department of Labor