MAGISTRATE

PLEASE NOTE: Applicants selected for first round interviews will be required to complete an extensive Magistrate Application.

APPLICATION PROCEDURE:

• Please note that if you only click the “Apply” button in this posting you will not be considered an applicant for the Superior Court Magistrate position
• In order to be considered an applicant for the Superior Court Magistrate positions you MUST submit a resume and cover letter to the following address: RI Superior Court, c/o Ryan Carnes, Administrator, 250 Benefit St, Room 506, Providence, RI 02903 or by email to [email protected].  Your resume and cover letter must be received by no later than July 31, 2026.
• Applications will be considered for either of the two available positions and not independent of each other.

Duties/Job Responsibilities:

The Presiding Justice of the Rhode Island Superior Court seeks candidates to fill two (2) positions of Magistrate of the Rhode Island Superior Court pursuant to Rhode Island General Laws §8-2-11.1.  The applicant must be a member of the Bar of Rhode Island. 

Required Experience:

Education such as may have been gained through graduation from an accredited law school.  Applicant must be a member in good standing of the Rhode Island Bar.

For information regarding the benefits available to State of Rhode Island employees, please visit the Office of Employee Benefits' website at http://www.employeebenefits.ri.gov/.
 

Also, be advised that a new provision in RI General Law 35-6-1 was enacted requiring direct deposit for all employees. Specific to new hires, the law requires that all employees hired after September 30, 2014 participate in direct deposit. Accordingly, any employee hired after this date will be required to participate in the direct deposit system. At the time the employee is hired, the employee shall identify a financial institution that will serve as a personal depository agency for the employee.