Legal Secretaries Go Back to List Perform secretarial duties using legal terminology, procedures, and documents. Prepare legal papers and correspondence, such as summonses, complaints, motions, and subpoenas. May also assist with legal research.

Technology used in this occupation:
	Data base user interface and query software

Tasks
	Prepare and process legal documents and papers, such as summonses, subpoenas, complaints, appeals, motions, and pretrial agreements.
	Mail, fax, or arrange for delivery of legal correspondence to clients, witnesses, and court officials.
	Receive and place telephone calls.
	Schedule and make appointments.
	Make photocopies of correspondence, documents, and other printed matter.
	Organize and maintain law libraries, documents, and case files.
	Assist attorneys in collecting information such as employment, medical, and other records.
	Attend legal meetings, such as client interviews, hearings, or depositions, and take notes.
	Draft and type office memos.
	Review legal publications and perform database searches to identify laws and court decisions relevant to pending cases.

Skills
	Writing - Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
	Reading Comprehension - Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
	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.
	Speaking - Talking to others to convey information effectively.
	Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
	Coordination - Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
	Time Management - Managing one's own time and the time of others.
	Social Perceptiveness - Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
	Monitoring - Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
	Service Orientation - Actively looking for ways to help people.

Knowledge
	Clerical - Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology.
	English Language - Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
	Law and Government - Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.
	Computers and Electronics - Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
	Customer and Personal Service - Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
	Administration and Management - Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
	Mathematics - Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
	Telecommunications - Knowledge of transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems.
	Economics and Accounting - Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking and the analysis and reporting of financial data.
	Personnel and Human Resources - Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems.

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Wage Information
	Region Average Entry Level  Mid-Range  Annual  Hourly  Statewide $63,627.00 $30.60  $22.81  $24.96 - $37.04  Bridgeport/Stamford $63,091.00 $30.34  $24.46  $25.54 - $37.03  Danbury $63,081.00 $30.33  $26.64  $28.53 - $33.09  Hartford $65,752.00 $31.62  $20.71  $24.65 - $38.42  New Haven $62,792.00 $30.19  $24.45  $24.96 - $35.33  New London/Norwich $62,286.00 $29.95  $26.08  $27.27 - $31.28  Waterbury $55,272.00 $26.57  $20.79  $22.70 - $28.09

Occupation Outlook ( 2016 - 2026 ) Average Annual Job Openings:   65   Employment in this occupation is expected to grow more slowly than average, and the number of annual openings will offer limited job opportunities.

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