New York State Court Assistant 2010 Test Preparation
纽约州法庭助理 2010年考试培训
纽约州法院助理工作稳定，起薪$44,000以上，高福利，時逢四年一次的考試將在10月23日舉行，报名将在7月13日截止。 据我们了解，纽约州法院系统的工作优先考虑成绩优先者，考得越高，受聘機會就越多，所以一定要争取考高分。纽约州法庭助理的考试是多选题，考试时间 3.5小时，考试成绩4年有效，考试由以下几个部分组成，clerical checking， understanding and interpreting written material，applying facts and information to given situations ，court record keeping, preparing written material and legal Terminology.
肯维专业培训为帮助更多华人通过考试进入法院工作，为社区创造方便，为基础差的考生提供10个星期每星期3个小时的系统考试辅导
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地址：137-28 Northern Blvd 2nd Fl, Flushing NY 11354
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重要日期：
7/13 星期二考试报名截止
7/13 星期二肯维1小时公开讲座：考取法庭助理考试探讨
7/31 星期六肯维10个星期的考试辅导开课
10/23 星期六考试日期
Important Links
Application for Examinationhttps://iapps-oc.courts.state.ny.us/OC/Application
Exam Info
http://www.nycourts.gov/careers/exams.shtml#Gen
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Exam Announcement from www.nycourts.gov
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES IN THE NEW YORK STATE UNIFIED COURT SYSTEMTHE OFFICE OF COURT ADMINISTRATION ANNOUNCES AN OPEN-COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION
TITLE: COURT ASSISTANT EXAMINATION NUMBER: 45-762
STARTING SALARY
Court Assistant is graded at JG-16. Effective April 1, 2010, the hiring rate is $44,504. In addition, appointees in New York City, Nassau, Rockland, Suffolk, and Westchester Counties receive $3,697 in annual location pay. Appointees in Orange, Dutchess and Putnam counties receive $1,848 in annual location pay.
APPLICATION FEE
A $30.00 NON-REFUNDABLE application fee is being charged to file for this examination. Application and fee must be ELECTRONICALLY filed at https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/OC/. Paper applications will not be accepted for filing. An email address and credit or debit card are required for successful filing.
ELIGIBLE LIST AND LOCATION OF POSITIONS
The eligible list resulting from this examination will be used to fill positions in the Unified Court System throughout New York State. The examination, which will be held on a state-wide basis, is open to all qualified candidates, whether employees of the Unified Court System or members of the general public.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
By the close of filing, July 13, 2010, candidates are required to have: High School diploma or the equivalent and two (2) years of clerical experience; or four (4) years of clerical experience. Thirty (30) college level credits may be substituted for each year of work experience.
CITIZENSHIP
Candidates must be United States Citizens at the time of appointment.
RESIDENCE
Candidates must be residents of New York State at the time of appointment.
BENEFITS
Unified Court System employees receive 20 days of paid vacation during their first year of service in addition to 12 paid holidays. They also accrue 13 days of paid annual sick leave. Participation in medical, dental, life insurance and retirement plans is offered.
Examination is scheduled to be held October 23, 2010
Applications must be ELECTRONICALLY submitted no later than July 13, 2010
DISTINGUISHING FEATURES OF WORK
Court Assistants serve as part clerks in: Supreme Courts; all County and District level courts; those City Courts with three or more full-time judges; and the Civil Court of the City of New York. As part clerks, they work under the supervision of higher level court clerical personnel, Chief Clerks, Commissioners of Jurors, or County Clerks and perform court clerical tasks directly related to court proceedings. Court Assistants may also work outside of the courtroom in these same courts, in other New York City courts, or in the Court of Claims, where they provide procedural information, supervise units staffed by subordinate personnel engaged in court support activities such as intake of papers or docketing. They may be designated to act in the absence of the Chief Clerk or Commissioner of Jurors, and may perform duties related to arbitration and the disposition of actions by means of arbitration, and perform other related duties.
SUBJECT OF EXAMINATION
This written examination will be multiple-choice and will assess the following:
1. CLERICAL CHECKING
These questions assess candidates’ ability to determine whether different sets of names, numbers, letters and/or codes are similar. Material will be presented in three columns, and candidates will be asked to compare the information in the three sets and identify where the sets differ. Candidates must use the directions to determine the correct answer.
2. UNDERSTANDING AND INTERPRETING WRITTEN MATERIAL
These questions assess candidates’ ability to understand brief written passages. Candidates will be provided with short written passages from which words or phrases have been removed. They are required to select from four alternatives the word or phrase that most appropriately completes the sentence when inserted for the missing word or phrase.
3. APPLYING FACTS AND INFORMATION TO GIVEN SITUATIONS
These questions assess candidates’ ability to take information which they have read and apply it to a specific situation defined by a given set of facts. Each question contains a brief paragraph which describes a regulation, policy, procedure or law similar to what a Court Assistant may encounter on the job. The selection is followed by a description of a specific situation. Then a question is asked which requires candidates to apply the regulation, policy, procedure or law described in the paragraph to the specific situation. All of the information needed to answer the question will be contained in the paragraph and in the description of the situation.
4. COURT RECORD KEEPING
These questions assess candidates’ ability to read, combine, and manipulate written information organized from several sources. Candidates will be presented with different types of tables, which contain names, numbers, codes and other information, and must combine and reorganize the information to answer specific questions.
5. PREPARING WRITTEN MATERIAL
Format A: These questions assess candidates’ ability to present information clearly and accurately, and to organize written information logically and comprehensibly. Candidates will be presented with several sentences and must effectively organize them in a coherent and logical order.
Format B: These questions assess candidates’ ability to apply rules of English grammar, usage, punctuation, and sentence structure. Candidates will be presented with a series of sentences and must select the sentence that best conforms to standard English grammar, usage, punctuation, and sentence structure.
6. LEGAL TERMINOLOGY
These questions assess candidates’ knowledge of basic legal terminology that Court Assistants encounter in their daily work.