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Interviewing for State Magistrate Position: Advice?

Post by Anonymous User » Sat Sep 26, 2020 1:55 pm

I am posting anon because there are not too many magistrate positions out there at any given time, and you can tell which state I am from based on my UN.

Recently invited to interview for a magistrate position with a state trial court. Pretty surprised that I was invited given that I only have approx. 5 years of experience and I live in a different city than court sits (although, I am originally from that city, so ties probably got me past that challenge). I have interviewed for attorney positions before, obviously, but I wanted to know if anyone could advise me on what kind of questions I should expect. Practiced for 3-ish years in private practice mostly focusing on litigation, and 1 1/2 in public interest doing mostly admin law and civil rights work. Is there much difference between interviewing for a litigation attorney position versus a magistrate position? Also, kind of suffering bad from imposter syndrome given how I am somewhat youngish and intimidated by the idea of judging the advocacy of much older attorneys than myself.

Thank you for any insights.


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