律政书记

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律政书记^[1]（英语：law clerk），又称司法书记^[2]（judicial clerk）、司法助理^[3]（judicial assistant），指在法庭席前向律师或法官提供意见及协助的人，负责研究法律问题及起草法律意见。^[4][5]

律政书记与法律辅助人员及法庭书记为不同概念。在加拿大，“律政书记”有时亦用于指代法律辅助人员，在法庭环境中不宜混淆。

律政书记被认为是法律界最有声望的职业之一，获聘者通常是名校法学院名列前茅的应届毕业生。^[6]

英格兰及威尔斯

在英格兰及威尔斯，该职位称为司法助理。^[7]上诉法院及最高法院皆设有司法助理的职位。^[8]最高法院司法助理为全职工作，任期一年。^[9]曾有英国最高法院司法助理赴美国最高法院交换一周。^[10]

参考

1. 律政司 - 招聘 - 現有的職位空缺 律政書記(公務員職位空缺). www.doj.gov.hk. [2024-03-02]. （原始内容存档于2024-03-02）.
2. 香港司法機構 - 書記主任辦事處的處理事宜. www.judiciary.hk. [2024-03-02]. （原始内容存档于2024-03-03）.
3. 終審法院 - 簡介. www.hkcfa.hk. [2024-03-02]. （原始内容存档于2024-03-02）.
4. Peppers, Todd C.; Zorn, Christopher. Law Clerk Influence on Supreme Court Decision Making. 14 June 2007. doi:10.2139/ssrn.925705.
5. Swanson, Rick A.; Wasby, Stephen L. GOOD STEWARDS: LAW CLERK INFLUENCE IN STATE HIGH COURTS. The Justice System Journal. 2008, 29 (1).
6. New Law School Ranking: Judicial Clerkship Jobs. US News & World Report. 3 September 2009 [29 July 2023]. （原始内容存档于2023-03-07）.
7. Holvast, Nina (March 2016). The Power Of The Judicial Assistant/Law Clerk: Looking Behind The Scenes At Courts In The United States, England And Wales, And The Netherlands. International Journal for Court Administration （页面存档备份，存于互联网档案馆）. 7(2) (“The first Judicial Assistants were appointed to the Civil Division of the Court of Appeal in 1997.”) ISSN 2156-7964. DOI.
8. Judicial assistants in the Court of Appeal Civil Division (September 6, 2016). HMS Courts and Tribunals Service （页面存档备份，存于互联网档案馆） Web site.
9. Careers, Supreme Court of the United Kingdom （页面存档备份，存于互联网档案馆） web site (2016) (“Judicial Assistants to the Justices. Annual fixed term appointments: September to July”.)
10. Supreme Courts: the US and UK compared. Law Society of Scotland. [2024-03-02]. （原始内容存档于2024-03-02） （英语）.

延伸阅读

• Cohen, Jonathan Matthew. Inside Appellate Courts: The Impact of Court Organization on Judicial Decision Making in the United States Courts of Appeals. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press. 2002. ISBN 978-0-472-11256-2.
• Kenney, Sally J. Beyond Principals and Agents: Seeing Courts as Organizations by Comparing Referendaires at the European Court of Justice and Law Clerks at the U.S. Supreme Court. Comparative Political Studies. 2000, 33 (5): 593–625. S2CID 154787000. doi:10.1177/0010414000033005002.
• Strauss, Debra M. (2017). Behind the Bench: The Guide to Judicial Clerkships, Second Edition. St. Paul, MN: West Academic Publishing. ISBN 9781628103823
• Ward, Artemus; Weiden, David L. Sorcerers' Apprentices: 100 Years of Law Clerks at the United States Supreme Court. New York: NYU Press. 2006. ISBN 978-0-8147-9404-3.

外部链接

• Federal Judicial Center page on Law Clerks （页面存档备份，存于互联网档案馆）
• Searchable site for US federal law clerk vacancies
• Openings for Law Clerks with the Los Angeles Superior Court
• Description of available clerkships in Canada