Part-Time Law Clerk

Part-Time Law Clerk

Salary

$12.62 Hourly

Location

Citizens Tower, 1314 Avenue K Lubbock, TX

Job Type

Part-Time

Job Number

PT913-4211

Department

Code Enforcement Administration

Division

4211 - Code Enforcement Administration

Opening Date

08/15/2026

Closing Date

8/28/2026 5:00 PM Central

• Description
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Summary

Research appropriate statutes and case law.

Essential Functions

• Attend meetings, hearings, and other court proceedings with attorneys;
• Perform title search work, memo preparation and title updates;
• Research Municipal Law, constitutional and legislative issues, statutes, and case law;
• Research federal, state, and local statutes, case law, and draft memoranda and legal documents accordingly;
• Draft legal opinions;
• Perform related duties as required.

Qualifications

• Completion of first semester of law school;
• Knowledge of legal terminology and legal research;
• Knowledge of Westlaw, WestlawNext, LexisNexis, LexisNexis Advance; Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint;
• Ability to work twenty (20) hours per week;
• Valid Current Drivers License

Knowledge and Abilities

Ability to:

• Research statutes and case law by both traditional and electronic means;
• Use a computer and reference books/materials

Physical Requirements

• Frequently sit and occasionally stand and walk during the shift;
• Reach above, at and below shoulder height;
• Occasionally carry up to 10 pounds;
• Occasionally flex upper trunk forward, partial flexing of knees.

Part-time employees who have at least six (6) months continuous employment may be paid for all holidays except the Veterans Day floating holiday. Part-time employees are not eligible for the Veteran's Day floating holiday because City offices are not closed on that day. The number of hours granted these employees as holiday pay is based on the average number of hours normally worked in a day.

The City designates the eleven (11) following dates as holidays to be observed with pay:

New Year's Day - January 1

Martin Luther King Day - Third Monday in January

Good Friday - Friday before Easter

Memorial Day - Last Monday in May

Independence Day - July 4

Labor Day - First Monday of September

Veterans Day - November 11 (Floating Holiday)

Thanksgiving Day - Fourth Thursday in November

Friday after Thanksgiving (Fourth Friday in November)

Christmas Eve - December 24

Christmas Day - December 25

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Have you completed your of first semester of law school?

• Yes
• No

02

Do you have knowledge of Westlaw, Westlaw Next, LexisNexis, LexisNexis Advance; Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint? If yes which ones?

03

Do you have knowledge of legal terminology and legal research?

• Yes
• No

Required Question

Employer City of Lubbock

Address 1314 Avenue K

Lubbock, Texas, 79401

Phone 806-775-2303

Website http://www.mylubbock.us