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Legal Assistant

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    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

Cardiff (/ˈkɑːrdɪf/ ⓘ; Welsh: Caerdydd [kairˈdiːð, kaːɨrˈdɨːð] ⓘ) is the capital and largest city of Wales. Cardiff had a population of 372,089 in 2022[2] and forms a principal area officially known as the City and County of Cardiff (Welsh: Dinas a Sir Caerdydd). The city is the eleventh largest in the United Kingdom. Located in the southeast of Wales and in the Cardiff Capital Region, Cardiff is the county town of the historic county of Glamorgan and in 1974–1996 of South Glamorgan. It belongs to the Eurocities network of the largest European cities.[4] A small town until the early 19th century, its prominence as a port for coal when mining began in the region helped its expansion. In 1905, it was ranked as a city and in 1955 proclaimed capital of Wales. The Cardiff urban area covers a larger area outside the county boundary, including the towns of Dinas Powys and Penarth.

Cardiff is the main commercial centre of Wales as well as the base for the Senedd, the Welsh Parliament. At the 2021 census, the unitary authority area population was put at 362,400.[5] The population of the wider urban area in 2011 was 479,000.[6] In 2011, it ranked sixth in the world in a National Geographic magazine list of alternative tourist destinations.[7] It is the most popular destination in Wales with 21.3 million visitors in 2017.[8]

Cardiff is a major centre for television and film production (such as the 2005 revival of Doctor Who,[9] Torchwood and Sherlock) and is the Welsh base for the main national broadcasters.

Cardiff Bay contains the Senedd building and the Wales Millennium Centre arts complex. Work continues at Cardiff Bay and in the centre on projects such as Cardiff International Sports Village, BBC drama village,[10] and a new business district.[11]​