Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

district clerk

The clerk of a district court within a state or federal system. See district court under COURT 3. An employee who performs general office work. 4. A law student who assists a lawyer or judge with legal research, writing, and other tasks. - Also termed law clerk; extern; or (depending on the time of year) summer clerk; summer associate. See INTERN. 5. A lawyer who assists a judge with research, writing, and case management. "[M]odern American judging in all courts of national significance - the federal courts and the more prominent state appellate courts - staggers along despite the burden of bloated caseloads and the shortcomings of distinctly human judges only by the deleg