Legal Secretary - Tasks and specialisations
Hekeretari Ture
Tasks & duties
Legal secretaries may do some or all of the following:
- word process letters, reports, court documents, wills and complaints
- proofread legal documents
- arrange appointments and meetings
- answer telephone calls
- handle incoming and outgoing mail and email
- file documents
- take and transcribe dictation
- format documents including track changes
- organise and attend functions
- organise travel
- do accounts and billing work.
"We format documents and we joke that we sit down and make them look pretty."
Photo courtesy of Penny MacAskill, Legal Secretary
Sheila Sharpe filing accounts for a solicitor
Updated
August 2008
