高院司法助理會就司法機構的民事案件及法律研究工作提供協助。高院司法助理須優先協助處理高等法院（尤其上訴法庭）的民事案件，但間中也須協助其他法院級別的工作及有關司法機構的行政管理事宜的法律研究。此職位的主要職責包括— (a) 協助法官處理有關民事事宜的許可申請及其他書面申請； (b) 就法官所指派的事宜進行法律研究和給予意見； (c) 應主審法官的要求就冗長及／或複雜的上訴案件提供協助； (d) 在特別項目中提供協助，諸如就關乎司法手冊、陪審團指引及須知等題目進行研究；以及協助重新草擬該等材料； (e) 為重要上訴案件或在實務及程序上有廣泛應用性的決定編製案例簡訊； (f) 為公開演講、會議或期刊文章搜集資料及擬寫稿件； (g) 就對公眾有廣泛重要性的案件判案書擬寫新聞摘要（英文和中文）；及 (h) 協助法官及司法人員和司法機構政務處就有關司法機構行政管理事宜的各項法律議題進行研究。

Judicial Associates (General) are to provide assistance in civil cases and legal research work in the Judiciary. Priority would be given to civil cases in the High Court, in particular the Court of Appeal, although occasionally Judicial Associates (General) would be asked to assist in the work of other levels of court and legal research on matters relating to the administration of the Judiciary. Main duties include - (a) Assisting judges in the disposal of leave and other paper applications in civil matters; (b) Conducting legal research and giving advice on matters as assigned by the judges; (c) At the request of the presiding judge, assisting in long and/or complicated appeals; (d) Assisting in special projects such as researching on topics relating to judicial manuals, specimen directions and guidance notes, etc.; and assisting in the redrafting of such materials; (e) Preparing Case Bulletins for important appeal cases or decisions of general application on practice and procedure; (f) Researching and preparing scripts for public speeches, conferences or journal articles; (g) Preparing press summaries of judgments in cases of general public importance (English and Chinese); and (h) Assisting judges and judicial officers and the Judiciary Administration with research on various legal issues on matters relating to the administration of the Judiciary.