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Legal 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

Morcottis a village andcivil parishin the county ofRutlandin theEast MidlandsofEngland. The population at the 2001 census was 329 falling slightly to 321 at the 2011 census.[3]It is located about 7 miles (11 km) south-east of the county town ofOakhamon theA47andA6121roads. A prominent reconstructed windmill can be seen from both East and West-bound approaches to Morcott along the A47.[4]

Rutland County Council designated Morcott a Conservation Area in 1981,[5]one of 34 conservation areas in Rutland which are "of special architectural or historic interest, the character or appearance of which it is desirable to preserve or enhance".

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