legal secretary
Law office aide
A legal secretary is an administrative professional who works in a law firm or legal department, handling correspondence, scheduling, filing, and document preparation.
The role requires familiarity with legal terminology, court procedures, and document formats: She worked as a legal secretary before going to law school.
Distinguished from a paralegal, who performs more substantive legal work.
- paralegalAttorney support professional
- law firmAttorneys' business entity
- typingEntering text via keyboard
- word processingDigital text manipulation
- dictationOral text for writing
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- law officereception desk, waiting area, conference room, filing cabinets, filing cabinet
- legal professionalslawyer, attorney, barrister, solicitor, counsel
- office jobsmanager, office clerk, analyst, receptionist, administrative assistant
- Secretaries
- British legalbarrister, solicitor, QC, KC, defence counsel
- legal professionlawyers, attorneys, solicitors, solicitor, barristers
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Controlling owner of firm
senior partner · attorney · lawyer · litigator · trial lawyer
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Administrative staff in clinics
executive assistant · dental receptionist · corporate secretary · school secretary · church secretary
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