What exactly does a court clerk mean?

The appointment system is actually a contract system. Employed personnel shall be managed by contract system. During the validity period of the contract, both the court and the employees perform the contract. After the employment contract is dissolved or terminated, both parties dissolve the employment relationship, and the employee no longer has the status of court clerk.

The appointment clerk is included in the civil service examination, but it will be marked with "appointment system". Enjoy the status of civil servant during the contract period, and can be converted into an assistant judge after passing the judicial examination in most parts of China.

Measures for the Administration of the Appointment of Clerks in People's Courts (Trial) (Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee, Ministry of Personnel, the Supreme People's Court) In order to establish a professional team of clerks in people's courts and realize the scientific management of clerks,

Extended data

According to the provisions of Article 7 of the Measures for the Administration of People's Court Clerks (Trial), the appointment clerk is prepared by the political and legal organs of the people's court and has the status of a civil servant.

Article 9 When a people's court appoints a clerk, it shall sign an employment contract. The term of an employment contract is generally three to five years, and it can be renewed at the expiration. If the clerk has worked in the same unit for ten years continuously and the legal retirement age is less than ten years, and both parties agree to extend the employment contract, and the clerk proposes to conclude an employment contract with no fixed term, the people's court shall conclude an employment contract with him.

The probation period for new employees is one year. The text of the employment contract shall be formulated by the Supreme People's Court.

Reference source: Baidu Encyclopedia: Measures for the Administration of People's Court Clerks (Trial).