Important Notices
| Publication year | 2011 |
| Pages | 0447 |
| Citation | Vol. 72 No. 6 Pg. 0447 |
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT, MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT: DEATH PENALTY LAW CLERK
JUDICIAL AWARD OF MERIT
CHANGES TO CLIENT SECURITY FUND ANNUAL ASSESSMENT
POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT, CLERK OF THE COURT, ALABAMA COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
United States District Court, Middle District of Alabama Vacancy Announcement: Death Penalty Law Clerk
Opening Date: 08/31/2011-Closing Date: until filled
The U.S. District Court of Alabama, Middle District, is accepting applications for the position of part-time Death Penalty Law Clerk. This position is located in Montgomery. The work schedule for this position is 40 hours every two weeks. The starting part-time salary is $28,704, dependent upon experience and qualifications.
Duties
• Perform case management activities as well as conduct substantive reviews of all state death penalty habeas corpus petitions or motions to vacate federal death sentences;
• Perform legal research and prepare recommendations to the Court regarding stays of execution, jurisdiction, scheduling, exhaustion of remedies, discovery, motions for evidentiary hearing, disposition on the merits, and certificates of appealability;
• Draft appropriate recommendations, opinions, orders and correspondence for the Court;
• Evaluate and determine that petitions and pleadings meet the requirements of federal and local procedural rules, form, payment of fees and service. Return those documents that do not conform to the statutes or rules, with instructions for necessary correction or compliance;
• Communicate with counsel for petitioners regarding procedural requirements, supplying them with appropriate forms, documents and instructions as required, and perform similar work as assigned by the Court;
• Inform the Court as to filing of death penalty cases and execution dates; and
• Perform other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
All candidates must be law school graduates, and have a thorough knowledge of the law and legal procedures. Skill in writing legal memoranda, opinions, orders and other documents is required. Skill in the oral presentation of complicated legal matters to judges is required.
For more information about this position, its requirements and benefits and how to apply, go to http://www.uscourts.gov/careers/.
This Court is an Equal Opportunity/EDR Employer.
Judicial Award of Merit
The Board of Bar Commissioners of the Alabama State Bar will receive nominations for the state bar's Judicial Award of Merit through March 15, 2012. Nominations should be mailed to:
Keith B. Norman, secretary
Board of Bar Commissioners
PO. Box 671
Montgomery, AL 36101-0671
The Judicial Award of Merit was established in 1987. The award is not necessarily an annual award. It must be presented to a judge who is not retired, whether state or federal court, trial or appellate, who is determined to have...
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