LAW LIBRARIAN: Law Librarians | Law Library Support
Law Librarian (JG-20) & Senior Law Librarian (JG-24)
Law Librarians provide professional library service to judges, attorneys and other court users including legal research assistance, acquisitions and management of library resources and legal research collections, provide information about the legal research collection, maintain the collection according to standard library guidelines, perform bibliographic searches, implement resource sharing and may provide professional-level direction and assistance to library personnel. Law Librarians may advance by taking the Senior Law Librarian promotional exam or through job experience to Principal or Chief Law Librarian (JG–28 and JG–32).
How Do I Become a Law Librarian?
- Take the open-competitive Law Librarian Exam (JG-20) and/or the open-competitive/promotional Senior Law Librarian Exam (JG-24)
Qualifications
- Master's Degree in Library Science or Library Information Sciences and one year of relevant job experience
- Law Degree and one year of relevant job experience
Law Library Clerk (JG-14) & Law Library Assistant (JG-16)
Law Library Clerks (JG-14) and Law Library Assistants (JG-16) perform clerical duties in a law library and assist law library patrons with legal references.
How Do I Become a Law Library Clerk or Law Library Assistant?
- Take the open-competitive Law Library Clerk Exam (JG-14) or the open-competitive/promotional Law Library Assistant Exam (JG-16)
Law Library Clerk (JG-14)
What are the minimum qualifications to take the Law Library Clerk examination?
Exam is open to the Public - to be eligible to compete in the Law Library Clerk (JG-14) examination, applicants must, by the date of the examination:
- Possess a high school diploma or equivalent, and
- Two (2) years of clerical experience in a library (such as a public, law firm, private or nonprofit organization, academic, or research institution library).
Law Library Assistant (JG-16)
What are the minimum qualifications to take the Law Library Assistant examination?
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS TO COMPETE - PUBLIC (Open-Competitive)
To be eligible to compete in the Law Library Assistant open-competitive examination, applicants must, by the date of the examination, have a(n):
- Certificate from an ABA approved paralegal program or
- Associate's Degree from an accredited college and two (2) years of clerical experience working directly with a legal collection in a library or with an automated library system in a Library Technical Services Department or
- High school diploma or the equivalent and three (3) years of clerical experience working directly with a legal collection in a library or with an automated library system in a Library Technical Services Department.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS TO COMPETE - CURRENT NYS UNIFIED COURT SYSTEM EMPLOYEES ONLY (Promotional)
To be eligible to compete in the Law Library Assistant promotional examination, NYS UCS employees must have current permanent* competitive class status or contingent competitive status in the Law Library Clerk title by the examination date.
Provisional NYS UCS employees do not qualify to compete in a promotional examination. Employees should read the examination announcement carefully, including the minimum qualifications to compete, before applying.
For UCS Employees (Promotional): What are the minimum qualifications to be appointed to Law Library Assistant?
To be eligible for appointment, successful applicants must have, at the time of appointment, one (1) year of current permanent* competitive class status in the Law Library Clerk (JG-14) title.
*Pursuant to Section 25.15(h) of the Rules of the Chief Judge, includes:
(1) employees of the Unified Court System who are holding or who have held positions in the non-competitive, exempt or labor class if said employees in the past have held qualifying competitive class positions on a permanent basis and
(2) employees with non-competitive status in qualifying titles by virtue of the Handicapped Set Aside Program (HSAP).