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N.M. Ct. App. Policies & Procedures Manual XVII

LAW CLERKS

activein force · 2026-09-30 – presentact-effective-date

A. Law clerks shall meet the qualifications set forth in the NMJB

Personnel Rules.

B. Law clerks shall adhere to the confidentiality policies adopted by the

Court and the individual chambers in which they are employed.

C. Law clerks shall perform such duties and carry out such individual

assignments as may be determined by their judge. Law clerks may be

called upon to perform duties that benefit the Court as a whole.

D. The chief judge, with approval of the supervising judge, may grant up

to eighty (80) hours administrative leave for judges’ law clerks to study

for and take the New Mexico bar examination.

E. Succession Plan: Each individual judge will determine how to

redistribute their law clerks’ caseloads, whether at the end of the law

clerks’ terms or if they leave unexpectedly. If there are floating law

clerks, the chief judge will redistribute their caseloads upon their

departure.

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2026-09-30
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2026-09-30
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