Legal Secretary Resume Cover Letter

Administrative support is provided by legal secretaries to the legal executives and lawyers, and assisted in the daily duties involved in running a legal firm.
The main task you have to perform as legal secretary would be type letters and other documents such as contracts, wills, and court documents. Also some times a lawyer dictates notes onto audiotape and you have to work on it.

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Other duties are as follows:

Responding telephone letters, calls, e-mails and faxes.
Preparing court statements and forms.
Making appointments and organizing diaries.
Handling the enquiries from clients.
Controlling petty cash and keeping records of costs.
Collecting and delivering documents.
Attending police or court cells with solicitors.
Filing and other general clerical work.

You develop experience in various legal matters, if you work in the small local firm, while to in the large firm you would often specialized in a particular area of law.

To obtain a position as legal secretary you will require an experience of office work with proper typing skills. Also if you have audio transcription skills that would be advantageous to get the job. Also you can do full or part time courses in secretarial and computer skills.

For getting the position of a legal secretary it is necessary to send resume to the HR manager as well as a well written cover letter is essential. The legal secretary cover letter shows your interest in the position. Your aptitude for supporting an attorney or legal firm with all the daily responsibilities related with a legal practice preparing for disposition, composing letters, creating contracts and documents, etc.

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