Paralegal Job Description | Careers In Law

Before doing that though keep in mind that a similar job to that of paralegal may be described as a legal secretary in other jurisdictions such as the U.K. (See what is a paralegal)

 

So the terms of legal secretary job description and paralegal job description are interchangeable to a large extent, depending on where you live or job-hunt.

Paralegal jobs

Paralegal jobs will typically have a job description which will require the following tasks to be carried out:

• Legal research
• Filing legal documents and pleadings
• Drafting and checking legal documents
• Dictation of legal drafts
• Dealing with clients to a certain degree
• Handling legal correspondence and making sure that critical dates are not missed for court appearances and filing of pleadings or affidavits

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