Legal Secretary

Remote

⚡ Support

Legal Secretaries ensure that a legal office runs efficiently and smoothly to enable Lawyers to focus on the clients’ needs. They help ease the workload of Lawyers by providing general administrative support, such as answering telephone calls, taking messages and photocopying documents. In addition to general administrative duties, they also have responsibilities with a specific legal focus, for example producing legal documents such as contracts and wills for Lawyers. A Legal Secretary can also prepare court documents and type minutes of the court proceedings.

What does a Legal Secretary do?

Legal Secretaries, or Legal Assistants, perform clerical work at law offices or organisations. Their primary duties include providing Lawyers with direct assistance, scheduling client appointments and organising and maintaining all legal documents kept on-site.

Responsibilities

A Legal Secretary should be able to fulfill various duties and responsibilities. The following are some duties and responsibilities a Legal Secretary should be able to execute:

Preparing court statements and forms
Dictating Lawyers’ audio files and written notes
Managing records, projects and calendars to make sure everything functions smoothly
Transcribing and proofreading legal documents
Indexing and updating pleadings and discovery binders
Collecting and delivering documents

Required Skills

A competitive Legal Secretary will have certain skills and qualifications, including: