Legal Secretaries & Administrative Assistants

Also called: Confidential Secretary, Legal Administrative Assistant, Legal Office Support Assistant, Legal Secretary,

What they do:

Perform secretarial duties using legal terminology, procedures, and documents. Prepare legal papers and correspondence, such as summonses, complaints, motions, and subpoenas. May also assist with legal research.

On the job, you would:

Prepare, proofread, or process legal documents, such as summonses, subpoenas, complaints, appeals, motions, or pretrial agreements.
Mail, fax, or arrange for delivery of legal correspondence to clients, witnesses, and court officials.
Receive and place telephone calls.

Business

administrative services

Safety and Government

law and government

Arts and Humanities

English language

Basic Skills

reading work related information
writing things for co-workers or customers

Problem Solving

noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it

Verbal

listen and understand what people say
read and understand what is written

Ideas and Logic

order or arrange things
notice when problems happen

People interested in this work like activities that include data, detail, and regular routines.

They do well at jobs that need:

Attention to Detail
Integrity
Dependability
Cooperation
Independence
Self Control

You might use software like this on the job:

Accounting software

Intuit QuickBooks
Sage 50 Accounting

Document management software

Adobe Systems Adobe Acrobat
Dropbox

Data base user interface and query software

Database software
Microsoft Access

some college
bachelor's degree

usually needed

New job opportunities are less likely in the future.

$47,300

$28,760

$79,610