Legal Secretary

4 days ago

Bristol, United Kingdom Kidwells Rated Full time

The Legal Secretary will be responsible for supporting solicitors by performing a variety of administrative duties, including drafting legal correspondence, answering telephones and greeting visitors and communicating with solicitors, clients and court personnel.

**Duties**
- Transcribe and proofread legal documents
- Type legal documents
- Prepare court forms
- File, organise, scan legal documents
- Keep records up to date using Practice Management System
- Filing documents on files where necessary
- Preparation of Court Bundles
- Schedule court depositions, hearings and other meetings
- Make travel arrangements for solicitors
- File documents with the court ahead of deadlines
- Arrange appointments for Clients
- Assist Fee Earners with compliance of files
- Answer telephone
- Assisting in drafting and preparing legal documents, forms, and bundles
- Prepare post to be sent
- Scan post to system and send to Fee Earners

**Qualifications & Training**
- OCR Higher Diploma in Administrative and Secretarial Procedures or equivalent eg Degree.
- Legal Secretaries Diploma run by the Institute of Legal Secretaries and PAs (ILSPA)
- City & Guilds/Cilex Level 3 Certificate for Legal Secretaries
- 3 A Levels

**Experience**
- Working in a fast-paced environment

**Skills, Qualities & Attitude**
- **Communication skills**:You will be working with a wide range of people, from barristers and solicitors to their clients, so the ability to communicate well and in a professional manner is essential.
- **Written communication skills**: excellent spelling and grammar. A high level of written English
- **Attention to detail**: high level of accuracy when preparing legal documents or filling out forms and statements.
- **Organisational skills**:These are important for managing lawyers’ diaries and your own work schedule.
- **IT skills**:Most work is carried out electronically.
- **Teamwork**: able to work with clients, lawyers, and other legal secretaries
- Strong sense of discretion
- Courteous and professional demeanour

**Knowledge**
- Legal terminology, regulations and court system
- MS Office and ability to work with legal technology (court-filing computer systems, transcription software, Dictaphone etc

Pay: £24,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Company pension

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: Kidwells Solicitors Legal Secretary | Bristol

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