HIGH COURT ALLAHABAD CLERK (TRAINEE) Recruitment 2021

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD

                 APPLICATION FOR THE POST OF

                          LAW CLERK (TRAINEE)

Abridged Advertisement

 

Applications for contractual engagement for one year on 94 posts of Law Clerks (Trainee) in the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad on a fixed honorarium of Rs. 15000/- per month, are invited from fresh Law Graduates who are between the age of 21 years to 26 years as on 01.07.2021. The last date for submission of application forms is 28.08.2021. The application forms are available at the counters opened at Allahabad High Court and it's Lucknow Bench. Application forms may also be downloaded from the official website of High Court, Allahabad.

Eligibility, application forms, conditions of engagement and detailed instructions for the guidance of the candidates are available on the website of the High Court (www.allahabadhighcourt.in).

Number of Vacancies: 94

Essential Qualifications :-

1.   Three Years Professional/Five Years Integrated Degree in Law from any Law College or recognized University throughout the country. Applications shall be accepted from such 'Law Graduates' who have not started practice as an advocate or engaged in any other profession or vocation/service. Those who have appeared in LL.B. (Final Year) in 2020-21 Examination and are awaiting results may also apply. Law graduates having scored not less than 55% marks in their LL.B. examination are only eligible to apply for the post of Law Clerks (Trainee). They will be required to submit their final mark sheet of LL.B. Examination at the time of interview, which may be held in the month of September, 2021.

         2.    Computer knowledge, i.e., Data Entry, Word Processing and Computer                    Operations. 

HIGH COURT ALLAHABAD CLERK (TRAINEE) Recruitment 2021

Age Limit :-

 

The Candidates must have attained the minimum age of 21 years and must not have attained the age of more than 26 years as on 01.07.2021.

Selection Procedure :-

 

For making selection, competence would be judged on the basis of interview only, which will be held only at Allahabad. The candidates for interview will be called only after screening. No T.A. will be payable for attending the interview.

Nature of work :-

 

The successful candidates will be attached with Hon'ble Judges sitting at Allahabad and Lucknow Bench, Lucknow and shall discharge duties under directions of their Lordships. Basically, the Law Clerk (Trainee) will be required to carry out search and research on legal points and principles as desired by the Hon'ble Judge with whom he/she remains attached. He/she shall assist the Hon'ble Judge in searching out case law, articles, papers and other relevant material required by the Hon'ble Judges in discharge of judicial as well as administrative work. Besides attending the Chambers of Hon'ble Judges, the Law Clerk (Trainee) may also be asked to be present in Court during hearing of the arguments, take down or prepare notes in Court. The research work assigned to Law Clerk (Trainee) may include performing legal research, drafting memorandums and opinion, comments on statutes, relevant to questions of law. Assistance from the Law Clerk (Trainee) may also be taken in proper maintenance of the case files. Assistance in administrative functioning of the Judge shall also be desirable which shall include maintaining of administrative files, preparation of research of academic papers, maintaining record of judgments, the points of law decided in various judgments by a Judge, maintenance of records regarding administrative correspondence etc.

Apart from the above mentioned duties and responsibilities enumerated above, the Law Clerk (Trainee) shall perform any other duty as assigned by the Judge concerned with regard to His judicial and administrative functions. The nomenclature ''Law Clerk (Trainee)'' makes it abundantly clear that they shall be imparted training with regard to procedure and substantive law to assist the Hon'ble Judges in discharging their judicial and administrative functions. The Law Clerk (Trainee) will also be provided the schedule of training and the details of the nature of job, which they have to perform during their year of engagement. Specific assignments shall be given by the Hon'ble Judge with whom they are attached.

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HIGH COURT ALLAHABAD CLERK (TRAINEE) Recruitment 2021