Courtroom Support Specialist

City of Newark; Newark (NJ); On-site; USD 42,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent benefits package

Job summary

City of Newark is seeking a court support staff member to attend judge(s), maintain courtroom decorum, and swear in witnesses and jurors. This role involves assisting with various non-security tasks and ensuring orderly proceedings.

The position requires knowledge of court practices, the ability to follow written and spoken instructions, and excellent communication with attorneys, judges, and county officials. Training will cover recording equipment and log maintenance as part of daily duties.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of the court practices and procedures.
• Knowledge of basic first aid.
• Ability to understand, remember and carry out oral and written instructions.
• Ability to maintain orderliness in the court.
• Ability to establish and maintain cooperative and courteous relationships with court personnel.
• Ability to learn quickly from observation, oral and written explanations, and demonstrations.
• Ability to operate sound recording equipment.
• Ability to develop and maintain logs to supplement the court record and produce a transcript as needed.
• Ability to impanel juries.
• Ability to read, write, speak, understand, and communicate in English sufficiently.

Responsibilities

• Make court proclamations and announcements as directed by the judge; calls the court to order, calls trial lists, announces postponements and adjourns court.
• Prepares courtroom; determines whether counsel, court clerk, court reporter and other necessary personnel are present before the judge leaves the chambers.
• Attends the judge both on the bench and in chambers; answers telephone, obtains law books, documents, and records.
• Provides information to attorneys, prosecutor, sheriff, and other county officials regarding trials, motions, dismissal lists, adjournments, current status or disposition of cases.
• Directs juries to proper location for deliberation.
• Directs litigants and lawyers to the proper courtrooms.
• Directs parties, jurors and witnesses to proper location in courtroom.
• Assists the public in locating lawyers and witnesses and brings proper parties together.
• Monitors and operates sound recording equipment in the courtroom; records court testimony and maintains log sheets of recordings.
• Administers oaths to jurors, witnesses, court officers or others as required.
• Maintains records and files.

Skills

Court practices

First aid

Oral and written instructions

Order maintenance

Communication

Log maintenance

Tools

Sound recording equipment

Recording systems

Job description

City of Newark is seeking a court support staff member to attend judge(s), maintain courtroom decorum, and swear in witnesses and jurors. This role involves assisting with various non-security tasks and ensuring orderly proceedings.

The position requires knowledge of court practices, the ability to follow written and spoken instructions, and excellent communication with attorneys, judges, and county officials. Training will cover recording equipment and log maintenance as part of daily duties.