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What does a legal secretary do?
Knowing the answer to 'What does a legal secretary do?' can help you understand why they're crucial to the company's legal team. Legal secretaries are administrative assistants who support lawyers, solicitors and barristers by carrying out essential administrative tasks within the firm. The exact nature of their work depends on what type of law they work in within the organisation. For instance, working as a legal assistant in a conveyancing practice differs greatly from working as a legal assistant in a criminal law practice.Some of the typical responsibilities of a legal secretary include:
Producing legal documents
Providing secretarial support to lawyers
Answering telephone calls, transferring calls and taking messages
Keeping accurate records of meetings and appointments
Organising travel arrangements for lawyers
Arranging meetings and managing lawyers' diaries
Attending court and meeting clients
Closing, archiving and storing files
Assisting in the preparation of court documents
As a legal secretary, your role is primarily to support the lawyers working in the firm by carrying out administrative tasks. Experienced legal secretaries have good knowledge of the law and in particular legal procedures, but legal secretaries can't give legal advice. If you're looking for a role within a law firm that combines administrative duties with more technical legal work, you can consider becoming a paralegal.
Carlisle(/kɑːrˈlaɪl/kar-LYLE,locally/ˈkɑːrlaɪl/KAR-lyle;[2]fromCumbric:Caer Luel[3][4][5][6]) is a city in theCumberlanddistrict ofCumbria, England.
Carlisle's early history is marked by the establishment of a settlement calledLuguvaliumto servefortsalongHadrian's WallinRoman Britain.[7]Due to its proximity to Scotland (being located eight miles or thirteen kilometres south of the currentAnglo-Scottish border),Carlisle Castleand the city became an important military stronghold in theMiddle Ages. The castle served as a prison forMary, Queen of Scotsin 1568 and currently hosts theDuke of Lancaster's Regimentand theBorder RegimentMuseum. A priory was built in the early 12th century, which subsequently becameCarlisle Cathedralin 1133 on the creation of theDiocese of Carlisle. As the seat of a diocese, Carlisle therefore gainedcity status. Carlisle also served as thecounty townof thehistoric countyofCumberlandfrom the county's creation in the 12th century.
In the 19th century, the introduction oftextile manufacture during the Industrial Revolutionbegan a process ofsocioeconomictransformation in Carlisle, which developed into a densely populatedmill town. This, combined with its strategic position, allowed for the development of Carlisle as an importantrailway town, with seven railway companies sharingCarlisle railway station. Nicknamed the 'Great Border City',[8][9][10][11]Carlisle today is a main cultural, commercial and industrial centre within the British borders.
