Editorial Assistant

EDITORIAL ASSISTANT

Office of the Reporter of Decisions

Supreme Court and Court of Appeals of Georgia

Duties: Seeking a detail-oriented self-starter to work 40 hours per week in library-type setting. Under the general direction of the Reporter of Decisions and the Editor, the Editorial Assistant will perform editorial assignments and provide administrative support. Editorial tasks will include copyediting of legal opinions, checking legal citations, proofreading for grammatical and typographical errors, updating digital files, and reviewing legal tables. Administrative tasks will include electronically transmitting legal opinions to subscribers, maintaining office inventory, maintaining Court statistics records, distributing publications to Court offices, and answering telephone and e-mail inquiries.

Education: College degree, editorial experience, or paralegal certification preferred.

Salary: Salary is commensurate with experience.

Benefits: State employee benefits include paid vacation, paid sick days, paid state holidays, subsidized health and other insurance, flexible spending account, and a combination Defined-Benefit (pension) and 401 (k) plan. 

Non-Discrimination: The Court is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate or tolerate discrimination or harassment on any basis prohibited by law or by the Georgia Code of Judicial Conduct.