Court intern
TERM: Temporary – Summer of 2026
LOCATION: 500 Pearl Street, New York, New York
CLASS LEVEL: CL 22
SALARY: $38,404 – $48,005 ($18.46-$23.08 per hour)
Depending on qualifications & experience
VACANCY NO.: 26-19
POSITION OVERVIEW: The Office of the District Executive seeks a highly motivated, responsible, detailoriented intern to assist in daily administrative duties. The intern should be able to work with a team and have excellent customer service skills. The intern will perform various administrative duties, including filing, copying, answering the phone, taking messages, scanning, retrieving and boxing documents, labeling records, and creating
spreadsheets. Hours of employment will be determined.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS: The position requires a high school diploma or equivalent and either: (i) one year (30 semester or 45 quarter hours) of education beyond high school or (ii) one year of general work experience
involving progressively responsible clerical, administrative or other work that indicates the possession of, or the ability to acquire, the knowledge and skills needed to perform the duties of the position.
APPLICATION PROCEDURE: To be considered for this position, submit in one PDF document, a resume, cover letter, and a completed Application for Federal Employment-AO78. The Application can be downloaded from
https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/ao_078-08-2024_1.pdf. Your cover letter must indicate the position for which you are applying, including the vacancy number, and identify how your education and/or experience relates
to the duties and responsibilities of the position. Candidates must also include the vacancy number and position title in the subject field of the e-mail containing the application. Only applications submitted via email will be accepted.
Applications that do not conform to the above procedures will not be considered. Only applicants selected for the next phase of this process will be contacted.
Please submit your application to: DEjobs@nysd.uscourts.gov
MISCELLANEOUS: Applicants must be U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents seeking U.S. citizenship.
Employees of the United States District Court are not included in the government’s Civil Service classification and are at-will employees. The successful candidate for this position is subject to a background check.
Judicial employees are required to adhere to the court’s code of conduct, available for public review at:
https://www.uscourts.gov/administration-policies/judiciary-policies/ethics-policies/code-conduct-judicialemployees
This position is subject to mandatory electronic funds transfer for payment of net pay.