Summer assistant vs law clerk

The differences between summer assistants and law clerks can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a law clerk has an average salary of $55,916, which is higher than the $32,878 average annual salary of a summer assistant.

The top three skills for a summer assistant include excellent organizational, educational programs and customer service. The most important skills for a law clerk are litigation, legal issues, and legal memos.

Summer assistant vs law clerk overview

	Summer Assistant	Law Clerk
Yearly salary	$32,878	$55,916
Hourly rate	$15.81	$26.88
Growth rate	10%	10%
Number of jobs	12,693	75,014
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 70%	Bachelor's Degree, 63%
Average age	42	41
Years of experience	4	-

Summer assistant vs law clerk salary

Summer assistants and law clerks have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Summer Assistant	Law Clerk
Average salary	$32,878	$55,916
Salary range	Between $26,000 And $40,000	Between $27,000 And $114,000
Highest paying City	Daly City, CA	Washington, DC
Highest paying state	Alaska	New York
Best paying company	DLA Piper	Hughes Hubbard & Reed
Best paying industry	Energy	Professional

Differences between summer assistant and law clerk education

There are a few differences between a summer assistant and a law clerk in terms of educational background:

	Summer Assistant	Law Clerk
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 70%	Bachelor's Degree, 63%
Most common major	Business	Law
Most common college	Northwestern University	Stanford University

Summer assistant vs law clerk demographics

Here are the differences between summer assistants' and law clerks' demographics:

	Summer Assistant	Law Clerk
Average age	42	41
Gender ratio	Male, 43.8% Female, 56.2%	Male, 52.5% Female, 47.5%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 12.2% Unknown, 5.7% Hispanic or Latino, 15.4% Asian, 5.1% White, 60.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%	Black or African American, 9.4% Unknown, 8.3% Hispanic or Latino, 17.8% Asian, 10.3% White, 53.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%
LGBT Percentage	8%	13%

Differences between summer assistant and law clerk duties and responsibilities

Summer assistant example responsibilities.

Manage company's twitter account and communicate with multiple physical therapy providers around the country
Mentore kids one-on-one on emotional and spiritual development and conflict resolution.
Instruct youth and fellow co-workers on CPR and the benefits.
Provide assistants with mowing, gardening, and janitor obligations over the parks of Monticello.
Assist with cutting out, watering, mowing, and doing maintenance on all baseball fields in the city.
Create a PowerPoint presentation for closing ceremony.

Law clerk example responsibilities.

Hire specifically to perform legal research and write memorandums on probate cases, particularly those involving litigation.
Conduct legal research, draft various legal documents, including complaints, social security/disability appeals, settlement demand letters and subpoenas.
Research and draft affirmations in support, arbitration contentions, discovery responses, and attorney correspondence for insurance fraud litigation firm.
Value securities by performing company valuations utilizing DCF and multiples methods.
Develop valuation ranges using precedent transaction, comparable company, and DCF analyses
Utilize LexisNexis and WestlawNext search databases to conduct legal research and data analysis.

Summer assistant vs law clerk skills

Common summer assistant skills

Excellent Organizational, 22%
Educational Programs, 18%
Customer Service, 11%
CPR, 7%
Front Desk, 6%
County 4-H, 6%

Common law clerk skills

Litigation, 16%
Legal Issues, 7%
Legal Memos, 7%
Pre-Trial Motions, 6%
Interrogatories, 4%
Summary Judgment, 3%