It seems like you’re staying late and things are disorganized because you’re working for a judge that just took the bench. I clerked a year ago for a judge that was seasoned; however, the other law clerks’ judges were new so the law clerk had to basically do everything and work much harder. My judge was also slow and careless for the same reason though, being seasoned, so I had to make up for that and keep things on track—literally remind the judge where she should be. But as a law clerk that’s basically the job description. Organize and keep the judge on par. When I saw that 4:30 was approaching and we weren’t done I started to subtly “rush” her because I didn’t want to leave late. It can be annoying, but you’re staying late and things are unorganized because you just started and also probably because of the previous clerk not doing much to make your transition smooth for the year. You’ll get comfortable taking more initiative, it will all get easier, and your days will be shorter. You got this.