Administrative Skills, Automation, Legal, Legal Documents, Legal Research, Technical Writing
Legal Assistant (Office Automation)
The duties and responsibilities for a Legal Assistant (Office Automation) generally include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Examining, preparing and processing a variety of technical legal documents, e.g., complaints, motions, indictments, plea agreements, sentencing memoranda, orders, affidavits, pleadings, and subpoenas;
- Conducting factual and legal research in legal and non-legal databases;
- Providing assistance to attorneys in trial preparation;
- Assembling exhibits, affidavits, and other legal documents;
- Maintaining calendar of assigned active cases;
- Tracking filing, hearing, and trials dates, and scheduling conference and interviews;
- Producing a variety of written documents and materials using a wide range of office software applications;
- Compiling, processing and organizing criminal discovery using a wide range of office software applications.
Responsibilities will increase and assignments will become more complex as your training and experience progress.