Appellate Paralegal

 New Mexico Supreme Court

Title: Appellate Paralegal (U)

Status: Full-Time/ EXEMPT  TERM/At-Will    Location: Santa Fe, NM

Duration of posting begin date: 06/26/2025 end date: Continuous/ Until filled  

Pay Range: II  Rate hourly:  $23.785-$47.570  Annually: $49,473-$98,946

Description: The New Mexico Supreme Court is recruiting for a full-time, classified, Appellate Paralegal (U) position # 00000077-21600 for the Supreme Court in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

IDEAL CANDIDATE: The ideal applicant is highly organized, self-motivated, confident, and will join our team with a love for learning and variety. The applicant will ideally have  experience with the rulemaking process, public records requests, responding to self-represented litigant correspondence, and preparing and reviewing legal documents for accuracy, consistency, and conformity with the Blue Book and general rules of grammar, punctuation, and spelling. 

GENERAL STATEMENT OF DUTIES: 

Acting under the direction of a Court of Appeals Judge, Supreme Court Justice, Supreme Court Chief Clerk, Chief Deputy Clerk of Court, Chief Appellate Attorney, or other designee, coordinate and fulfill the administrative, technical, and clerical requirements of Clerk’s office, with other duties as assigned.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: An Appellate Paralegal shall have several qualification options; however, all shall be in accordance with the New Mexico Supreme Court Rules Governing Paralegal Services, Paralegal qualifications, Rule 20-115 NMRA. 

A paralegal shall meet one or more of the following educational, training or work experience qualifications: 

A. graduation from a paralegal program that is: 

    (1) approved by the American Bar Association; 

    (2) an associate degree program; 

    (3) a post-baccalaureate certificate program in paralegal studies; or 

    (4) a bachelor’s degree program;

B. graduation from a post-secondary legal assistant program which consists of a

minimum of sixty (60) semester hours or equivalent, as defined by the American Bar

Association guidelines for the Approval of Paralegal Education Programs, of which at

least eighteen (18) semester hours or equivalent are general education courses and

eighteen (18) semester hours or equivalent are legal specialty courses;

C. a bachelor’s degree in any field plus two [(2)] years of substantive law-related

experience under the supervision of a licensed attorney. Successful completion of at least

fifteen (15) semester hours of substantive paralegal courses may be substituted for one

year of law-related experience;

D. graduation from an accredited law school and not disbarred or suspended from the

practice of law by the State of New Mexico or any other jurisdiction;

E. certification by the National Association of Legal Assistants, Incorporated, the

National Federation of Paralegal Associations, Incorporated or other equivalent national

or state competency examination plus at least one (1) year of substantive law-related

experience under the supervision of a licensed attorney; or

F. a high school diploma or equivalent plus seven (7) years of substantive law-related

experience under the supervision of a licensed attorney

TO APPLY: 

Submit a New Mexico Judicial Branch Application for Employment, or a Resume and a Resume Supplemental form, and proof of education to: