Legal administrative assistants – NOC : 1242

Legal administrative assistants perform a variety of secretarial and administrative duties in law offices, legal departments of large firms, real estate companies, land title offices, municipal, provincial and federal courts and government.

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Legal administrative assistants perform some or all of the following duties:

Prepare and key in correspondence and legal documents, such as deeds, wills, affidavits and briefs, from handwritten copy, shorthand and machine dictation using computers

Review and proofread documents and correspondence to ensure compliance with legal procedures and grammatical usage

Schedule appointments, meetings and conferences for employer

Set up and maintain filing systems, utilizing knowledge of legal records and procedures and frequently controlling confidential materials and documents

Open and distribute regular and electronic incoming mail and other material and co-ordinate the flow of information internally and with other departments or organizations

Determine and establish office procedures and routines

May supervise and train other staff in procedures and in the use of current software

May attend court, meetings or conferences to take notes, minutes and dictation

May perform other general office work as required including preparing financial statements.

Completion of secondary school is usually required.

Completion of a one- or two-year college or other program for secretaries or legal secretaries is usually required.

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