JOB DETAILS
Calendar Clerk
CompanyChartwell Law
LocationRed Bank
Work ModeOn Site
PostedMay 31, 2026
About The Company
Chartwell Law is nationally ranked as a fast-growing civil litigation firm with more than 300 attorneys across nearly 40 offices coast-to-coast. We advise and defend multinational corporations, regional organizations, and independent businesses in matters ranging from workers’ compensation and employment law to transportation, insurance coverage, and more. Fostering a collaborative approach to legal services, we maintain a national presence while providing a boutique experience to our clients.
Our culture is guided by the Chartwellian Charter—a 10-point promise to support one another, embrace diversity, and pursue excellence. What sets us apart is our ability to blend national reach with a close-knit, collegial atmosphere. We work seamlessly across offices and practices, share knowledge freely, and step up for each other.
About the Role
Description
The Calendar Clerk is responsible for maintaining accurate and up-to-date court calendars, deadlines, and deposition schedules, ensuring compliance with state and federal court rules. This role involves docketing conferences, motions, trials, and orders, as well as coordinating depositions by confirming details and arranging court reporters or translators.
Primary Job Duties:
- Answer inquiries related to calendar events
- Answer inquiries related to court rules
- Review, update, and maintain calendars for court dates, deadlines, and depositions
- Docketing of conferences, court orders, motions, trials, and deadline dates into the database
- Confirming and rescheduling depositions including ordering court reporters and translators
Key Competencies:
- Communicating - Legal Professionals provide the information required by others in a concise, direct, and unambiguous way. They perceive how the message affects the receiver and strive to ensure that the receiver clearly understands the specifics and function of the message.
- Conflict Management - Legal Professionals address problems openly and objectively and bring substantial conflicts and disagreements into the open with the intention of resolving issues in an unemotional and constructive manner.
- Professionalism - Legal Professionals set high standards and serve as role models for work performance, ethical conduct, and respect for others. They consistently conduct themselves in a manner consistent with generally accepted moral principles and values and within the guidelines and best practices of their profession.
- Planning & Priority Setting - Legal Professionals identify priorities and develop detailed action plans that include objectives, accountabilities, time frames, standards, review stages, and contingencies.
Other Duties
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
Requirements
- Knowledge and understanding of state court rules and orders
- Experience with calendar and docketing of conferences, motions, trials, and deadline dates.
- Experience in confirming and rescheduling depositions including ordering court reporters and translators
- Highly familiar with E-law, Pacer, and eCourts
- Highly familiar with efiling in both State and Federal Courts with an understanding of legal terminology specific to the practice
- 3 years experience as a calendar clerk preferred
Key Skills
Calendar managementDocketingCourt rules complianceDeposition schedulingE-lawPacereCourtsE-filingLegal terminologyCommunicationConflict managementProfessionalismPlanningPriority setting
Categories
LegalAdministrative
Job Information
📋Core Responsibilities
The Calendar Clerk maintains accurate court calendars, deadlines, and deposition schedules while ensuring compliance with state and federal rules. They are responsible for docketing conferences, motions, and orders, as well as coordinating with court reporters and translators.
📋Job Type
full time
💰Salary Range
$55,000 - $60,000
📊Experience Level
2-5
💼Company Size
533
📊Visa Sponsorship
No
💼Language
English
🏢Working Hours
40 hours
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