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Legal Secretaries

Legal secretaries file and maintain legal and other records, transcribe notes and dictation into typewritten form and perform other routine clerical tasks in legal practices.

Average Salary

£21,298

New workers start around £12,046. Normal pay is £21,298 per year. Highly experienced workers can earn up to £30,725.

Jobs

50,159

The number of jobs in the career for the current year.

Daily Tasks

  • Sorts and files correspondence and carries out general clerical work.

  • Delivers and collects documents.

  • Attends meetings and keeps records of proceedings.

  • Answers enquiries and directs clients to appropriate experts.

  • Maintains court and clients.

  • Types letters and legal documents such as wills and contracts.

Hard skills

Hard skills are specific, learnable, measurable, often industry or occupation-specific abilities related to a position.

  • Administrative Functions

  • Secretarial Experience

  • Lawsuits

  • Administrative Support

  • Billing

Soft skills

Soft skills can be self-taught and usually do not necessitate a certain completed level of education.

  • Typing

  • Communications

  • Management

  • Filing

  • Detail Oriented

How do I get a job like this?

People in these types of job started their career paths after studying courses like the ones below.