Legal secretaries provide secretarial and administrative support to lawyers and legal executives. If you work in this field you'll be in charge of keeping vital records up to date and for typing up letters and important legal documents.
You'll have additional duties such as answering the phones, filing, organising diaries and making appointments, preparing court forms and sometimes even going to court or the Police cells with solicitors.
You've got a wide range of firms to choose from. Some specialise in corporate or criminal law, while others cover general legal matters including property, divorce and family law.
Beyond solicitors' offices plenty of other organisations need legal secretaries. You could work in barristers' chambers, law courts or even for the police and armed forces, finance houses, insurance companies and estate agents.
Skills and interests
There's a clue in the job title about some of the skills you'll need. Secretarial skills are a must. It's even better if you can audio or shorthand type as you'll need to be able to produce documents quickly and accurately to help your firm keep up to date with all its clients.
In addition you'll need to be:
* Computer literate and a good typist
* Discreet
* Good at spelling and grammar
* Able to meet deadlines
* polite and helpful
* Accurate and show good attention to detail
It helps if you are interested in the law as there will be a lot of jargon to get your head around.
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