Jobs at Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania

Prepares appellate dispositions, opinions, and memoranda for Pennsylvania Superior Court judges in children’s fast-track cases involving adoption, dependency, termination of parental rights, paternity, and custody. Responsibilities include legal research, certified-record analysis, legal conclusions, judicial discussions, editorial review, and team collaboration. Requires independent work under abbreviated deadlines and appellate clerkship experience.

Attorney supporting the Superior Court of Pennsylvania’s Central Legal Staff by researching civil and criminal appellate matters, reviewing briefs, dockets, motions, and records, and drafting memoranda, opinions, orders, recommendations, and bench memoranda. The role works directly with judges and chambers, resolves appellate docket issues, reviews jurisdictional matters, edits team members’ work, and assists with legal research projects. Hybrid telework may be available after six months.

Ensures Pennsylvania’s judicial system complies with ADA Title II, Title VI, and related court policies. Provides legal advice, represents the judiciary in administrative investigations, develops access policies and standards, monitors legislation, drafts rules and judicial resources, delivers training, analyzes court interpreter data, and serves as a liaison among court entities, government agencies, and the public.

Provides legal counsel and ethics guidance to the Judicial Ethics Advisory Board. Reviews advisory requests, researches applicable law and prior ethics opinions, drafts Panel Advisories and Board Opinions, coordinates panel reviews and approvals, develops published ethics guidance, and assists with educational programs and presentations.

Provides administrative support to attorneys and legal staff by managing calendars, meetings, correspondence, records, office logistics, procurement, and inventory. Supports lease and transaction tracking, legal document processing, reporting, and agreement execution. Administers Westlaw, LexisNexis, and SharePoint resources; maintains templates and procedures; coordinates training; and provides cross-functional support during high-demand periods.

Provide administration, support, and maintenance for on-premises and cloud messaging/collaboration systems (Office 365, Exchange Online, Azure AD, Intune). Monitor servers and ticket queues, manage user accounts and DNS, design and implement cloud-based solutions, maintain patching and disaster-recovery processes, and research emerging technologies with cost-benefit analysis.

Serve as the liaison and first-line PACMS support for Superior Court staff and judges: respond to PACMS issues, submit and track AOPC helpdesk tickets, develop and analyze ad-hoc queries (T-SQL), maintain PACMS reports/metadata, participate in statistical reporting projects, troubleshoot system errors, and collaborate with court departments and AOPC on report definitions and system enhancements.