Legal Secretaries
On the Job
Legal Secretaries perform skilled clerical duties using legal documents or procedures. They may prepare legal papers, like complaints, motions, and subpoenas.
Typical Work Tasks
People who work in this career often:
- Obtain personal or financial information about customers or applicants.
- Search files, databases or reference materials to obtain needed information.
- Issue documentation or identification to customers or employees.
- Prepare business correspondence.
- Send information, materials or documentation.
- Provide information to coworkers.
- Prepare documentation for contracts, transactions, or regulatory compliance.
- Prepare legal documents.
- Record information about legal matters.
- Record information from meetings or other formal proceedings.
Typical Working Conditions
- Using e-mail.
- Meeting strict deadlines.
- Working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions.
- Sitting.
- Repeating the same physical or mental task without stopping for periods of time.
- The freedom to determine tasks, priorities, and goals.
- Dealing with external customers.
- Freedom to make decisions without supervision.
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