1242 Legal administrative assistants
Legal administrative assistants
Legal administrative assistants perform a variety of secretarial and administrative duties in law offices, legal departments of large firms, real estate companies, land title offices, municipal, provincial and federal courts and government.
Example Titles
- administrative assistant – legal
- collection legal assistant
- commercial law administrative assistant
- commercial law legal assistant
- commercial law secretary
- corporate finance legal assistant
- corporate law administrative assistant
- corporate law legal assistant
- corporate law secretary
- corporate records legal assistant
- estate administrative assistant
- estate secretary
- family law legal assistant
- foreclosures legal assistant
- insurance legal assistant
- labour law legal assistant
- legal administrative assistant
- legal assistant
- legal assistant – criminal law
- legal secretary
- legal stenographer
- litigation administrative assistant
- litigation legal assistant
- litigation secretary
- mortgage and real estate legal assistant
- oil and gas rights legal assistant
- real estate administrative assistant
- real estate secretary
- tax legal assistant
- trademark administrative assistant
- trademark secretary
- wills and estates legal assistant
Main duties
Legal administrative assistants perform some or all of the following duties:
- Prepare and key in correspondence and legal documents, such as deeds, wills, affidavits and briefs, from handwritten copy, shorthand and machine dictation using computers
- Review and proofread documents and correspondence to ensure compliance with legal procedures and grammatical usage
- Schedule appointments, meetings and conferences for an employer
- Set up and maintain filing systems, utilizing knowledge of legal records and procedures and frequently controlling confidential materials and documents
- Open and distribute regular and electronic incoming mail and other material and co-ordinate the flow of information internally and with other departments or organizations
- Determine and establish office procedures and routines
- May supervise and train other staff in procedures and in the use of current software
- May attend court, meetings or conferences to take notes, minutes and dictation
- May perform other general office work as required including preparing financial statements.
Employment requirements
- Completion of secondary school is usually required.
- Completion of a one- or two-year college or other program for secretaries or legal secretaries is usually required.
Exclusions
- By-law clerks (in 1452 Correspondence, publication and regulatory clerks)
- Court recorders (in 1251 Court reporters, medical transcriptionists and related occupations)
- Paralegal and related occupations (4211)
Source: This content has been taken from the official website of CIC
