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The Judge’s Associate
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How to navigate successfully the demands of this much-coveted role
Published: 04 March, 2025
The position of Judge’s Associate is an excellent introduction to the law and a unique role, which those who have held it generally recall as a highlight of their careers. The Associateship is, in almost all cases, an experience which is looked back upon with great fondness because of the enormous increase in self-confidence and knowledge of the law that it involves together with the feeling that one is doing something really important; the peek behind the curtain at how the Courts really work; and the career-enhancing contacts that one develops.
Despite the large number of Associates appointed each year and the fact that, for many of them, the position will be their first taste of formal full-time employment in the law, to date no source of information about the role has existed. This book aims to provide an intimate look into what an Associateship involves beyond what is said about the role in Court websites.
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A unique guide to this coveted role
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An intimate look into what an Associateship involves beyond what is said on Court websites
Related Titles
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Hill, A New Lawyer’s Guide to Getting It Right the First Time
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Dal Pont, Lawyer Discipline
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Glissan, Advocacy in Practice, 7th edition
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A history of the office of Judge’s Associate
Origins in England
Australia
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Appointment and tenure
Legal framework for appointment
Appointment practice
Tenure
Vulnerabilities and reform
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In-Court functions of the Associate
Clerk of the Court
Clerk of Arraigns (& criminal trials generally)
Civil juries
Other jury-related functions
Swearing witnesses
Ensuring the smooth and efficient functioning of the Court
Appeals to intermediate appellate Courts
Miscellaneous applications such as bail or urgent injunctions
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Out-of-Court functions of the Associate
Legal research
Analysing current cases
Proof-reading draft judgments
A sounding board on legal questions
Conduit between the Judge and the legal profession/general public
Special cases of outside contact
Arranging Court sittings
General assistance in Chambers
Addressing the Judge
Extracurial research and writing
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Ethical and professional obligations
Legal professionals’ general obligations
Conflicts of interest
Confidentiality
Social media
Fairness and due process
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Conclusions and reform
Workplace safety
Appointment rules and practices
Long-term Associates
Defining the role
A code of conduct
