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January 2012

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A New Position with her Employer

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Notes from Tanya's "Facebook" Page

... the change ...

... and starting day

What is a Legal Secretary?
Legal secretaries, also called administrative assistants, legal assistants or executive assistants, perform the daily clerical functions required for the efficient operation of a legal office ... beyond the usual filing, typing, dictation and phone answering duties of the secretary, legal secretaries possess specialized skills unique to the legal profession ... they sometimes start out as legal receptionists before moving into a secretarial role ... experienced secretaries are often promoted to senior secretarial positions or paralegal positions within the law firm or organization
Legal Secretary Job Duties
Legal secretaries prepare correspondence and type legal documents, including pleadings, motions, briefs, discovery documents and subpoenas ... they maintain complex docket systems to track the myriad of legal filing deadlines; create spreadsheets; index and update pleadings and discovery binders; schedule depositions, site inspections, hearings, closings and meetings ... legal secretaries also draft correspondence and routine legal documents such as deposition notices and legal invoices ... they also assist with legal research and communicate with attorneys, experts, opposing counsel, vendors and other staff
Legal Secretary Skills
Familiarity with legal terminology, state and federal court filing rules, basic legal procedure and law office protocol is important for the legal secretary ... in addition to excellent typing and dictation skills, legal secretaries must be extremely deadline-oriented since missing a filing deadline can result in a default judgment (automatically losing a case) ... as office and legal processes become more automated, legal secretaries must possess excellent computer skills and be proficient with word processing, spreadsheet, legal research, presentation and time and billing software ... in addition to core legal secretarial skills, successful secretaries also possess all or most of these eight work traits: Reliable . Self Starting . Efficient . Discrete . Flexible . Tactful . Pleasant . Patient


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