The Northern District of Illinois is accepting applications for a full-time United States Magistrate Judge position in the Eastern Division in Chicago.

A qualified applicant must:

• be, and have been for at least five years, a member in good standing of the bar of the highest court of a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or the Virgin Islands of the United States, and have been engaged in the active practice of law for a period of at least five years;

• be competent to perform all of the duties of the office; be of good moral character, emotionally stable and mature; be committed to equal justice under the law; be in good health; be patient and courteous; and be capable of deliberation and decisiveness;

• be less than seventy years of age; and

• not be related to a judge of the district court.

For more details and mandatory attachments to be submitted by applicants click here.

Completed applications and required waiver forms must be submitted through the Northern District’s website by 5:00 p.m. on September 5, 2024.