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Summary Job Description | Tasks | |||
Arbitrate, advise, adjudicate, or administer justice in a court of law. May sentence defendant in criminal cases according to government statutes or sentencing guidelines. May determine liability of defendant in civil cases. May perform wedding ceremonies. | Instruct juries on applicable laws, direct juries to deduce the facts from the evidence presented, and hear their verdicts. | |||
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Sentence defendants in criminal cases, on conviction by jury, according to applicable government statutes. | ||||
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Rule on admissibility of evidence and methods of conducting testimony. | ||||
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Preside over hearings and listen to allegations made by plaintiffs to determine whether the evidence supports the charges. | ||||
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Read documents on pleadings and motions to ascertain facts and issues. | ||||
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Interpret and enforce rules of procedure or establish new rules in situations where there are no procedures already established by law. | ||||
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Monitor proceedings to ensure that all applicable rules and procedures are followed. | ||||
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Advise attorneys, juries, litigants, and court personnel regarding conduct, issues, and proceedings. | ||||
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Research legal issues and write opinions on the issues. | ||||
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Conduct preliminary hearings to decide issues such as whether there is reasonable and probable cause to hold defendants in felony cases. | ||||
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Write decisions on cases. | ||||
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Award compensation for damages to litigants in civil cases in relation to findings by juries or by the court. | ||||
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Settle disputes between opposing attorneys. | ||||
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Supervise other judges, court officers, and the court's administrative staff. | ||||
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Impose restrictions upon parties in civil cases until trials can be held. | ||||
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Rule on custody and access disputes, and enforce court orders regarding custody and support of children. | ||||
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Grant divorces and divide assets between spouses. | ||||
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Participate in judicial tribunals to help resolve disputes. | ||||
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Perform wedding ceremonies. | ||||
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CompGeo Salary Survey Benchmark Job Summary and Competencies
Judges and Magistrates
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Important Knowledge Competencies | Competency Description | |||
Law and Government | Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process. | |||
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English Language | Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. | |||
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Public Safety and Security | Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions. | |||
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Psychology | Knowledge of human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders. | |||
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Customer and Personal Service | Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction. | |||
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Education and Training | Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects. | |||
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Administration and Management | Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources. | |||
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Therapy and Counseling | Knowledge of principles, methods, and procedures for diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of physical and mental dysfunctions, and for career counseling and guidance. | |||
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Personnel and Human Resources | Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems. | |||
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Computers and Electronics | Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming. | |||
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Sociology and Anthropology | Knowledge of group behavior and dynamics, societal trends and influences, human migrations, ethnicity, cultures and their history and origins. | |||
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Communications and Media | Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media. | |||
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Important Skill Competencies | Competency Description | |||
Active Listening | Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. | |||
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Critical Thinking | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems. | |||
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Speaking | Talking to others to convey information effectively. | |||
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Judgment and Decision Making | Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. | |||
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Reading Comprehension | Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents. | |||
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Complex Problem Solving | Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions. | |||
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Writing | Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience. | |||
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Active Learning | Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making. | |||
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Monitoring | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. | |||
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Social Perceptiveness | Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do. | |||
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Negotiation | Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences. | |||
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Persuasion | Persuading others to change their minds or behavior. | |||
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Instructing | Teaching others how to do something. | |||
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Time Management | Managing one's own time and the time of others. | |||
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Coordination | Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. | |||
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Operations Analysis | Analyzing needs and product requirements to create a design. | |||
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Management of Personnel Resources | Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job. | |||
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Important Ability Competencies | Competency Description | |||
Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. | |||
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Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. | |||
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Deductive Reasoning | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. | |||
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Inductive Reasoning | The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). | |||
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Written Comprehension | The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. | |||
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Problem Sensitivity | The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem. | |||
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Written Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand. | |||
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Speech Recognition | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. | |||
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Speech Clarity | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. | |||
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Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). | |||
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Information Ordering | The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations). | |||
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Category Flexibility | The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. | |||
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Selective Attention | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. | |||
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Memorization | The ability to remember information such as words, numbers, pictures, and procedures. | |||
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Fluency of Ideas | The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity). | |||
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Prerequisite Qualification Category | Education and Experience Level | |||
Required Level of Education | Doctoral Degree | |||
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Related Work Experience | Over 10 years | |||
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On-the-Job Training | None or short demonstration | |||
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Alternate Job Title(s) | |||
Administrative Court Justice | |||
Circuit Court Judge | |||
Circuit Court Magistrate | |||
City Magistrate | |||
County Court Judge | |||
County Judge | |||
Court of Appeals Judge | |||
Criminal Court Judge | |||
Criminal Judge | |||
District Court Judge | |||
District Court Justice | |||
Federal Judge | |||
Judge | |||
Jurist | |||
Justice | |||
Justice of the Peace | |||
Legal Referee | |||
Magistrate | |||
Master in Chancery | |||
Municipal Court Magistrate | |||
Police Judge | |||
Police Justice | |||
Police Magistrate | |||
Presiding Judge | |||
Probate Judge | |||
Superior Court Judge | |||
Trial Court Judge | |||
Trial Court Justice | |||
Trial Judge | |||
Trial Justice | |||
Tribal Judge | |||
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