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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
Twickenhamis a suburban district inLondon, England. It is situated on theRiver Thames9.9 miles (15.9 km) southwest ofCharing Cross.Historicallypart ofMiddlesex, it has formed part of theLondon Borough of Richmond upon Thamessince 1965, and theborough council's administrative headquarters are located in the area.
The population, includingSt MargaretsandWhitton, was 62,148 at the 2011 census.[1]
Twickenham is the home of theRugby Football Union, with hundreds of thousands of spectators visitingTwickenham Stadiumeach year. The historic riverside area has a network of 18th-century buildings and pleasure grounds, many of which have survived intact.[2]
This area has three grand period mansions with public access:York House,Marble HillandStrawberry Hill House. Another has been lost, that belonging to 18th-centuryaphoristicpoetAlexander Pope, who was known as theBard of Twickenham.[3]Strawberry Hill, theNeo-Gothicprototype home ofHorace Walpoleis linked with the oldestRoman Catholicuniversity in the country,St Mary's University.
