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Legal Administrative Assistant

​What does a legal assistant do?

A legal assistant provides administrative and clerical support to facilitate a lawyer's day-to-day work and support their caseload. For this role, the exact duties can vary according to the size and organisational hierarchy of the firm or legal practice. A legal assistant's role may involve working alongside one legal professional in a single practice or as part of a larger legal team for a law firm, company or government agency. Below are some of a legal assistant's typical duties:

  • answering the phone, taking messages and greeting clients

  • responding to emails and client communications

  • organising and compiling case files

  • transcribing legal documents

  • managing the lawyer's schedule and booking appointments

  • drafting legal letters, contracts and documents

  • writing case reports

  • managing invoicing and bookkeeping

  • accessing confidential information

​Brentwood is a town in the Borough of Brentwood, in the county of Essex in the East of England.[1] It is in the London commuter belt, situated 20 miles (30 km) east-north-east of Charing Cross and close by the M25 motorway. In 2017, the population of the town was estimated to be 54,885.[2]

Brentwood is a suburban town with a small shopping area and high street. Beyond this are residential developments surrounded by open countryside and woodland; some of this countryside lies within only a few hundred yards of the town centre.

Since 1978, Brentwood has been twinned with Roth in Germany and with Montbazon in France since 1994.[3] It also has a relationship with Brentwood, Tennessee in the United States.

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