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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
Martley is a village and civil parish in the Malvern Hills district of the English county of Worcestershire. It is approximately nine miles north-west of Worcester. The population of the village is approximately 1,200 people. The mixed farming of the area includes arable, formerly cherry, apple, damson orchards and hopyards.
It is a popular village for retired people and professionals working in the city and surrounding towns, and has a large secondary school to which around 700 pupils are bussed daily from the surrounding area. It has a sports hall with rock climbing wall and a gym within the grounds of the school can be used by the public out of school times.
