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Legal assistants, or those in legal secretary/paralegal hybrid roles, often work closely with lawyers on legal matters, perform basic legal research and draft legal documents for lawyers’ review. In addition, they are usually expected to perform clerical duties traditionally performed by legal secretaries.
Job Responsibility:
Note taking at meetings
Communicating with clients, witnesses, court officials, opposing counsel and other parties
Scheduling depositions, site inspections, hearings, closings and meetings
Preparing legal documents and notices
Updating transactional documents
Maintaining case and correspondence files
Assisting lawyers in preparing for transactional closings, depositions, hearings, trials and conferences
Investigating the factual evidence of a transaction or case and preparing exhibits, charts and diagrams to display information
Conducting routine discovery
Obtaining due-diligence materials, such as corporate certificates of good standing, real estate and title information, and securities filings
Organizing and tracking files for important transactions or case documents, including pleadings and voluminous discovery documents, in addition to creating and maintaining a case-management database