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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

​Llandrindod Wells(/lænˌdrɪndɒdˈwɛlz/;locally/ɬænˌdrɪndɒd-/;Welsh:Llandrindod,Welsh pronunciation:[ɬanˈdɾindɔd]ⓘ;lit.'trinityparish') is atownandcommunityinPowys, Wales.[2]It serves as the seat ofPowys County Council, and is therefore the administrative centre of Powys. The town washistoricallyinRadnorshire.

Llandrindod Wells developed as aspa town[2]in the 19th century, with a boom in the late 20th century as a centre of local government. Before the 1860s the site of the town was common land in Llanfihangel Cefnllys parish. Llandrindod Wells is the fifth largest town in Powys. The population as of the 2021 UK census was 5,602, an increase on the previous census.[3]