Legal Career Center

The United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas is soliciting qualified applicants in order to appoint a full-time United States Magistrate Judge for its Brownsville Division. The current annual salary of the position is $205,528. The term of office is 8 years.

A full public notice for the position, which includes information concerning background and IRS tax checks as well as financial disclosure requirements and the application form are available in the office of the United States District Clerk at Brownsville, Corpus Christi, Galveston, Houston, Laredo, McAllen and Victoria. The notice is also available on the Court's website at: www.txs.uscourts.gov.

Instructions for submitting your application for this position either online or in paper form are on the Court’s website at: www.txs.uscourts.gov. Applications must be submitted by 5:00 pm, September 20, 2022.

Please note: The online application process requires that you complete the questionnaire and attach it, and any supplemental materials, electronically. See the cover page of the questionnaire for instructions on applying electronically or with hard copy materials. Please select one method and apply only once. If you apply via the online portal, you do not need to also provide hard copies. If you have any questions regarding the application process, please call Rebekah Briggs at 713-250-5359.

Applications will be kept confidential, unless the applicant consents to disclosure, and will be examined only by members of the merit selection panel and judges of the district court. The panel’s deliberations are confidential.