Profession court administrative officer

Court administrative officers perform administrative and assisting duties for the court and judges. They are designated to accept or reject applications for informal probate and informal appointment of a personal representative. They manage case accounts and handle official documents. Court administrative officers perform assisting duties during a court trial, such as calling out the cases and identification of parties, keeping notes, and recording orders from the judge..

Personality Type

• Conventional / Enterprising
• Conventional / Investigative
• Realistic / Enterprising
• Enterprising / Conventional
• Realistic / Conventional

Knowledge

• Civil process order

  The legal procedures and standards that courts follow in civil lawsuits.

• Court procedures

  The regulations which are in place during the investigation of a court case and during a court hearing, and of how these events occur.

• Accounting techniques

  The techniques of recording and summarising business and financial transactions and analysing, verifying, and reporting the results.

Skills

• Manage accounts

  Manage the accounts and financial activities of an organisation, supervising that all the documents are correctly maintained, that all the information and calculations are correct, and that proper decisions are being made.

• Handle evidence

  Handle evidence important for a case in a manner compliant with regulations, in order to not affect the state of the evidence in question and to ensure its pristine condition and usability in the case.

• Respond to enquiries

  Respond to enquiries and requests for information from other organisations and members of the public.

• Observe confidentiality

  Observe the set of rules establishing the nondisclosure of information except to another authorised person.

• Maintain logbooks

  Maintain the required logbooks according to practice and in established formats.

• Assist judge

  Assist the judge during court hearings to ensure the judge has access to all necessary case files, to help maintain order, see the judge is comfortable, and to ensure the hearing occurs without complications.

• Record court procedures

  Record all the information necessary for proper record maintenance during court hearings, such as the people present, the case, the evidence presented, the sentence made, and other important matters which were brought up during the hearing.

• Compile legal documents

  Compile and collect legal documents from a specific case in order to aid an investigation or for a court hearing, in a manner compliant with legal regulations and ensuring records are properly maintained.

Optional knowledge and skills

Source: Sisyphus ODB