Legal Secretaries also do Transcription
Transcription work is often done by legal secretaries. Legal secretaries work for judges, law firms, hearing officers and also for private investigators. A legal secretary may be responsible for many duties depending on the level of the firm and the assigned work. Though there a very subtle difference between a legal secretary and a para legal staff / legal assistant, most of the duties do overlap between them. Legal transcription has become a specialized area of work today, with increased outsourcing of transcription work being sent to specialized legal transcription professionals but a legal secretary is often depended upon for instant transcription work and document preparation at law firms.
Besides doing a lot of administrative work and other legal document management work, a legal secretary is also expected to be work independently and assist the legal professional. A short list of the many possible duties and responsibilities of a legal secretary can include,
Maintaining calendar of court dates
Correspondence/ mail management
Hearings transcription
Schedule deposition
Overall monitoring/coordination of work
Trial transcription
Case management
Document management for court hearing
Handle court exhibits
Travel arrangements
Payment system management
Court reporting schedule management
Legal correspondence transcription
Statistical report preparation
Dictation transcription
Witness management
Drafting/editing/proofreading
Document review for citation
Assist attorney to file documents
Arranging teleconference
Thus we see that besides being efficient in many areas including legal transcription and document management, a legal secretary must primarily have a good knowledge of all court rules and regulation and also keep contact with the public, federal /state agencies, court officials and others to obtain and manage information related to cases.
About the Author: The author of this article is John Kessel of Managed Outsource Solutions , a US based company that offers services in Legal Outsourcing and Legal Transcription for clients across the US.
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