Job Description
Position SENIOR LAW CLERK (SLC)
Job Reference Number V/NO.15/2023
Number of Posts One (1)
Terms of Service Three (3) year Contract renewable Subject to satisfactory performance; Consolidated Gross Salary Scale : Kshs. 225,000 – 360,000 p.m.
Work Station NAIROBI
Date registered 09-Jul-2023
Opening Date of Advert 7-Jul-2023
Closing Date of Advert 20-Jul-2023
Requirements
-For appointment to this grade, the applicant must have: -
- A Bachelor of Law (LLB) degree or its equivalent from a recognized University
- i. A Bachelor of Law (LLB) degree or its equivalent from a recognized University
- ii. A Post graduate Diploma in Law
- iii. Be an Advocate of the High Court with a current practicing certificate;
- iv. Membership to Law Society of Kenya
- v. Proficiency in Computer applications
- Experience:
- Served as an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya of at-least nine (9) years standing or nine (9) years of extensive legal research in a relevant legal field.
Job Core Competencies:
- i. Oral & Written Communication Skills
- ii. Excellent Conceptual & Analytical Skills
- ii. Interpersonal Skills
- iii. Report Writing Skills
- iv. Research Skills
- v. High attention to detail
- vi. Sound independent judgement
Duties and Responsibilities
-i. Analyzing pleadings and appreciating their tenor and effect;
- ii. Examining the detailed content of the facts and decisions of the Courts;
- iii. Taking stock of the full tenor and effect of the submissions made in the Courts;
- iv. Collecting and collating all relevant authorities emanating from counsel and, any other relevant material;
- v. Conducting extensive legal research and writing for the respective Judges and Judicial officers;
- vi. Drafting bench memoranda and well-researched opinions on various legal and factual issues; and
- vii. Preparing pre-trial and post-trial media summaries.