Legal Secretary
A legal support role requiring high levels of organisation and efficiency.
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- What's it like to be a Legal Secretary?
- How to become a Legal Secretary
- Latest Legal Secretary jobs
- Top skills and experience for Legal Secretaries
- Is Legal Secretary the right role for you?
- Legal Secretary role reviews
What's it like to be a Legal Secretary?
Legal Secretaries provide legal, administrative and clerical support to legal professionals.Did you find this video helpful?
Tasks and duties
- Prepare legal forms, contracts, reports, briefing notes and paperwork for lawyers or managers.
- Transcribe dictation of letters, meetings and other memos, ensuring that documents are free from typographical or grammatical errors.
- Organise and maintain client files and documents, adhering to privacy and confidentiality guidelines.
How to become a Legal Secretary
While it’s not compulsory to have a legal background or qualifications to become a Legal Secretary in Australia, it can help with employment opportunities.
- Undertake a qualification in legal studies, such as a Certificate IV in Legal Services (BSB42215). These courses are usually open to those who have completed Year 10 or who have at least one year of relevant vocational experience.
- Explore opportunities to further your career; you may want to undertake additional study such as a Diploma of Paralegal Services (BSB50720) in order to take on further responsibilities; or consider undertaking a Certificate in Paralegal Practice to become a Paralegal.
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Find out how your salary compares with the average salary for Legal Secretaries.Latest Legal Secretary jobs on SEEK
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Skills and experience employers are looking for
Having the right skills and experience can make you an in-demand applicant. Legal Secretary employers on SEEK are looking for job seekers with expertise in the following areas. Billing
Diary Management
Client Liaison
File Management
Secretarial Practice
Typing
Dictation
Drafting Correspondence
Litigation
Administrative Support
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Latest Legal Secretary reviews
Oct 2018
What it means to be a legal secretary in today’s business environment is rapidly changing
Reviewer's QualificationAdvanced Diploma of Conveyancing
Experience10+ years
Organisation sizeLarge (200+ employees)
SpecialisationMergers and acquisitions
The good thingsFirms offer job sharing and part time roles to mothers. Though they are hard to come by. There isn’t always a lot of career progression but the training provided and system support is a plus. The job ...
The challengesThe job has a lot of repeat tasks, it can get boring. Personalities can be a challenge as well as deadline pressure.
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May 2021
Being a Legal Secretary is a tough job but it is rewarding and I enjoy the field of work.
Reviewer's QualificationDiploma of Criminal Justice
Experience1 – 4 years
Organisation sizeSmall (1-19 employees)
SpecialisationCriminal Law
The good thingsEvery day is different. Always learning new and interesting things. Never bored.
The challengesDealing with difficult clients (criminal related). Multiple deadlines that need to be met.
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