Assistant Judicial Case Manager - Plymouth Probate & Family Court
Commonwealth of MassachusettsAbout the role
Description
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Departmental Mission Statement: Departmental Mission Statement: To deliver timely justice to the public by providing equal access to a fair, equitable, and efficient forum to resolve family and probate legal matters and to and assist and protect all individuals, families, and children in an impartial and respectful manner.
Probate and Family Court Organization Profile
Notes: This position is designated as a management position and is covered by the Trial Court Personnel Policies and Procedures Manual.
Position Summary: This position involves a high level of professional legal and case management work of complex difficulty. The employees in this position assist the First Justice, Associate Justices, and Judicial Case Manager in performing their legal and administrative duties as set forth in state statutes, court rules, standing orders and court policies.
This employee is appointed by the First Justice of the Division, pursuant to G.L. Chapter 217, Section 23D, with the approval of the Chief Justice of the Probate and Family Court Department.
Duties: (Note: Assistant Judicial Case Managers may perform any or all duties listed below and may perform other duties not articulated in this job description as determined by the First Justice and/or Judicial Case Manager.)
• Assistance with the daily judicial operation of a court division
• Assists Judges in the courtroom sessions.
• Assists Judges with management of Individual Judicial Assignment case calendars and Departmental Time Standards.
• Conducts case management conferences and pretrial conferences as assigned by First Justice. Handles uncontested sessions, as assigned by First Justice.
• Assists Local Dispute Resolution Coordinator with referrals to approved ADR providers.
• Assists in the implementation and use of the MassCourt case management system.
• Administers Oaths.
• Approves Bonds; Reviews requests for determination of indigency.
• Participates in regular meetings with other Judicial Case Management team members: Judges, Judicial Case Manager, Sessions Clerks and Judicial Secretaries.
• Reviews case management reports and assists Justices with development of work and case flow changes to improve case management and achieve Departmental and Trial Court goals; Assists with preparation of statistics an
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