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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
Dartmouth(/ˈdɑːrtməθ/) is a town andcivil parishin theEnglishcounty ofDevon. It is atourist destinationset on the western bank of the estuary of theRiver Dart, which is a long narrow tidalriathat runs inland as far asTotnes. It lies within theSouth Devon Area of Outstanding Natural BeautyandSouth Hamsdistrict, and had a population of 5,512 in 2001,[1]reducing to 5,064 at the2011 census.[2]There are twoelectoral wardsin theDartmoutharea (Townstal& Kingswear). Their combined population at the above census was 6,822
