This paper provides law clerks with a broad overview of some of their responsibilities related to maintaining a well-run chambers. Such responsibilities include helping to ensure chambers security; answering telephones and mail; maintaining the judge's motion, hearing, and trial calendars; and other miscellaneous matters. It was updated in January 2009.

This paper was incorporated as Chapter 4 of the Law Clerk Handbook. For the current edition see Law Clerk Handbook: A Handbook for Law Clerks to Federal Judges, Third Edition (2017).