Appellate Law Stenographer, 52667

Nycourts; New York (NY); On-site; USD 61,000 - 66,000; Full time

Job summary

Unified Court System in New York City is seeking an Appellate Law Stenographer to provide legal stenographic and typing support to appellate teams. The role requires excellent typing, strong word processing skills, and meticulous attention to detail, with duties including formatting confidential documents and coordinating with Justices and staff.

The assignment is within the Appellate Division, Second Department, with responsibilities in maintaining records and handling multiple tasks

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent and three years of legal stenographic experience; or completion of a business or commercial course beyond high school with two years of legal stenographic experience; or an equivalent combination of education and work experience.
• Excellent typing skills, strong word processing skills and attention to detail are required.
• Familiarity with cite checking is helpful for this position.

Responsibilities

• Provide legal stenographic and typing services to appellate division staff and Justices; screen calls and maintain records.
• Perform secretarial tasks including extensive typing and formatting of confidential reports, memoranda, appeal decisions, and motion orders.
• Correspond with Justices and staff; maintain office records; manage shifting priorities and multi-task.

Skills

Legal stenography

Typing

Word processing

Attention to detail

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Business or commercial course beyond high school

Two years of legal stenographic experience

Tools

WordPerfect

Microsoft Word

Job description

UCS-23

EMPLOYMENT

OPPORTUNITYANNOUNCEMENT

UNIFIED COURT SYSTEM

PLEASE POSTANNOUNCEMENT NO. 52667POSITION TITLE: APPELLATE LAW STENOGRAPHER JG: 17LOCATION: APPELLATE DIVISION, SECOND DEPARTMENT1 WILLOUGHBY SQUARE, BROOKLYN, NY 11201

BASE SALARY: $61,424 + $4,920 LOCATION PAY

CLASSIFICATION: NON-COMPETITIVEQUALIFICATIONS: High school diploma or the equivalent and three (3) years of legal stenographic experience; or Satisfactory

completion of a business or commercial course beyond the high school level including course work in legalstenography and two (2) years of legal stenographic experience; or An equivalent combination ofeducation and work experience.

DISTINGUISHING FEATURES OF WORK: Appellate Law Stenographers work in a pool setting and are responsible for providinglegal stenographic and typing services to groups of appellate law assistants, Associate Justices, and administrative personnellocated in an Appellate Division or an Appellate Term of the Supreme Court. Appellate Law Stenographers also perform clericaltasks, such as screening telephone calls and maintaining administrative and court records, and other related duties.ASSIGNMENT: The successful applicant will be assigned to the Appellate Term and will perform secretarial tasks including but notlimited to: extensive typing and formatting of confidential reports, memoranda, appeal decisions, and motion orders; correspondingwith Justices and their staff; maintaining office records; and performing related duties as assigned. Excellent typing skills, strongword processing skills and attention to detail are required. Knowledge of both WordPerfect and Microsoft Word are preferred.Applicants must be able to handle multiple tasks simultaneously and respond to shifting priorities, possess good interpersonal andcommunication skills, and have the ability to handle sensitive matters in a confidential manner. Familiarity with cite checking ishelpful for this position.

GENERAL INFORMATION: The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performedby persons assigned to this title. They do not include all job duties performed by employees in the title, and every position does notnecessarily require these duties. Although a position is available and situated at a specific location, the appointee may be subjectto reassignment to any position in this title in this promotion unit dependent upon the needs of the Unified Court System. Allapplications received from this announcement may be used to fill any vacancies in this title that may occur in this court or agencywithin the next six (6) months. Position(s) available at the present time: 1 .APPLICATION PROCEDURES: All interested persons meeting the minimum qualifications are encouraged to submit a UCS-5Application for Employment form (obtainable from any administrative office in a court building or on the web at www.nycourts.gov/careers/UCS5.pdf), a resume, and cover letter by email to [e-mail] with the appropriateannouncement number in the subject line or by mail to:

Brooklyn, New York 11201Attention: Human Resources Department

APPLICANTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO COMPLETE THE EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY DATA COLLECTION FORM.POSTING DATE: October 21, 2026 APPLICATIONS MUST BE POSTMARKED OR RECEIVED BY: November 18, 2026The New York State Unified Court System is an equal opportunity employer, and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color,religion, gender (including pregnancy and gender identity or expression), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, maritalstatus, disability, age, membership in an employee organization, parental status, military service, or other non-merit factor.