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Position Announcement - Judicial Law Clerk to U.S. District Judge Eli Richardson

Tuesday, August 27, 2024

Summary:  The Honorable Eli Richardson, United States District Judge, invites applications for the position of Career Law Clerk. This position will commence in Fall 2024 and is a career law clerk position, rather than a term or temporary law clerk position. Career law clerk duties will include reviewing briefs and other case filings, performing legal research, writing bench memoranda, attending trials and hearings as necessary, and drafting orders and opinions in a wide variety of civil and criminal cases. The Career Law Clerk also performs clerical/administrative functions for chambers and works cooperatively with other members of the judge’s staff and outside personnel, effectively supporting the judge in fulfilling his judicial responsibilities. The successful candidate will report daily to the Fred D. Thompson U.S. Courthouse & Federal Building in Nashville, Tennessee, unless otherwise authorized in advance. See Position Announcement for details.