Legal Secretary Female
Description: Legal Secretary
Legal Secretary Job Purpose:providing administrative support for lawyers, help with the day-to-day tasks involved in running a legal firm and enhance attorney effectiveness by providing information-management support.
Legal Secretary Job Duties:
• Welcomes guests and clients by greeting them in person or on the telephone.
• Answering telephone calls, letters, and e-mails.
• Organizing diaries and making appointments.
• Dealing with enquiries from clients.
• Produces information by transcribing, formatting, inputting, editing, retrieving, copying, and transmitting text, data, and graphics; coordinating case preparation.
• Represents attorney by communicating and obtaining information; following-up on delegated assignments; knowing when to act and when to refer matters to attorney.
• Maintains client confidence by keeping client/attorney information confidential.
• Provides historical reference by developing and utilizing filing and retrieval systems; recording meeting discussions; maintaining transcripts; documenting and maintaining evidence.
• Enhances department and organization reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments
• Make photocopies of correspondence, documents, and other printed matter.
• Organize and maintain law libraries, documents, and case files.
• Complete various forms, such as accident reports, trial and courtroom requests, and applications for clients.
Skills, interests and qualities
• excellent secretarial skills
• knowledge of law and legal procedures
• Computer skills (Microsoft office package i.e. word, excel … etc.).
• a high level of accuracy and attention to detail
• discretion, for dealing with confidential information
• a good standard of spelling and grammar
• the ability to work to deadlines and handle the pressure.
• the ability to work well as part of a team and also on your own
• A polite, helpful manner.
• Active Listening -- Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
• Time Management -- Managing one's own time and the time of others.
• Speaking -- Talking to others to convey information effectively.
• Active Learning -- Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
• Judgment and Decision Making -- Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
• Coordination -- Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
• Social Perceptiveness -- Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
• Complex Problem Solving -- Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
Documentation Skills, Meeting Planning, Supply Management, Telephone Skills, Office Experience - General, PC Proficiency, Verbal Communication, Internal Communications, Dependability, Professionalism, Client Relationships
Knowledge, Experience, Education Required for: "Legal Secretary"
1) Bachelor degree (preferred secretarial).
2) Experience at least3 months and preferably have experience in a law firm.
3) Fluent English language and Arabic language.
4) Customer Service -- Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
Legal Secretary Job Purpose:providing administrative support for lawyers, help with the day-to-day tasks involved in running a legal firm and enhance attorney effectiveness by providing information-management support.
Legal Secretary Job Duties:
• Welcomes guests and clients by greeting them in person or on the telephone.
• Answering telephone calls, letters, and e-mails.
• Organizing diaries and making appointments.
• Dealing with enquiries from clients.
• Produces information by transcribing, formatting, inputting, editing, retrieving, copying, and transmitting text, data, and graphics; coordinating case preparation.
• Represents attorney by communicating and obtaining information; following-up on delegated assignments; knowing when to act and when to refer matters to attorney.
• Maintains client confidence by keeping client/attorney information confidential.
• Provides historical reference by developing and utilizing filing and retrieval systems; recording meeting discussions; maintaining transcripts; documenting and maintaining evidence.
• Enhances department and organization reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments
• Make photocopies of correspondence, documents, and other printed matter.
• Organize and maintain law libraries, documents, and case files.
• Complete various forms, such as accident reports, trial and courtroom requests, and applications for clients.
Skills, interests and qualities
• excellent secretarial skills
• knowledge of law and legal procedures
• Computer skills (Microsoft office package i.e. word, excel … etc.).
• a high level of accuracy and attention to detail
• discretion, for dealing with confidential information
• a good standard of spelling and grammar
• the ability to work to deadlines and handle the pressure.
• the ability to work well as part of a team and also on your own
• A polite, helpful manner.
• Active Listening -- Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
• Time Management -- Managing one's own time and the time of others.
• Speaking -- Talking to others to convey information effectively.
• Active Learning -- Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
• Judgment and Decision Making -- Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
• Coordination -- Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
• Social Perceptiveness -- Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
• Complex Problem Solving -- Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
Documentation Skills, Meeting Planning, Supply Management, Telephone Skills, Office Experience - General, PC Proficiency, Verbal Communication, Internal Communications, Dependability, Professionalism, Client Relationships
Knowledge, Experience, Education Required for: "Legal Secretary"
1) Bachelor degree (preferred secretarial).
2) Experience at least3 months and preferably have experience in a law firm.
3) Fluent English language and Arabic language.
4) Customer Service -- Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
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