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South Carolina Judicial Branch
Quincia Boyd, Administrative Assistant
1701 Main Street, Room No. 324
Columbia, South Carolina 29201
Email: mkimpsonsc@sccourts.org | https://www.sccourts.org
Send application materials to: Milton G. Kimpson
Recruiting for office(s) in: SC
Type of organization: Government
Job Title: Judicial Law Clerk
This is a position to serve as a judicial law clerk to Milton G. Kimpson, an At-Large Circuit Court Judge for the state of South Carolina. Judge Kimpson’s office is in Columbia, SC, but the position requires extensive travel to various SC counties to hold court, normally for one-week terms. The law clerk will assist the judge with cases in criminal and civil court for trials, guilty pleas, motions and other hearings. The judicial law clerk will prepare legal memoranda, conduct legal research, communicate with attorneys, coordinate scheduling and other various tasks.
Time period of employment: full time, ongoing
- Deadline to apply: 31 March 2025
- Anticipated start date: August 2025
- Response method(s): Email
- Materials requested: Résumé, Cover letter, Writing sample
Hiring criteria
Judicial law clerks should be graduates of an accredited law school by August 2025 and have taken or are planning to take the bar exam. Please submit a resume, cover letter, brief (up to 5-pages) writing sample and the names/contact information of three (3) references.