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Introduction to 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 judicial office. Beyond the usual filing, typing, dictation and phone-answering duties of the secretary, legal secretaries possess specialised skills unique to the legal profession.

Legal secretaries 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 organisation.

A legal secretary is a particular category of a worker within the legal profession. In the practice of law, a legal secretary is a person who works in the legal profession, typically assisting lawyers. Legal secretaries help by preparing and filing legal documents, such as appeals or motions. It is not unusual for a more substantial firm to place managerial duties on a particular legal secretary. Much like a paralegal, a legal secretary is responsible for locating relevant information for cases. This type of person would be called a “paralegal” in the UK.

In the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth, a legal secretary is a secretary experienced in working for a law firm or in-house legal department. They assist by giving administrative support to lawyers and are significant members of a team of professionals who work together. The work of a legal secretary varies. They deal with a wide range of challenging legal and business issues, combining their skills with modern technology.

In Ceylon, it used to refer to the head of islands legal arms such as the Attorney General’s Office and the Legal Draftsman’s office during the British colonial period.

Along with the other aspects of your job, a large part of being a legal secretary is creating typed correspondence throughout the day. The most common method of getting data from an attorney to a secretary, in most offices, is via the use of a transcription device. Some offices still use shorthand, but most do not. Other methods include the attorney writing down the essentials of what is needed on a legal pad or blank form. Editing is an essential part of any secretarial position, particularly in the legal field. You would be hard-pressed to find an attorney who is not a stickler for perfect or nearly perfect editing, grammar, and spelling. This course will cover various aspects concerned with legal correspondence, addressing judges and clerks, and dealing with business letters.

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