What is a Legal Assistant?
Legal Assistants typically work for law firms to provide administrative support to Lawyers and their clients. In this essential support role, your responsibilities will include reviewing legal contracts, maintaining an extensive calendar, and processing expense reports. The successful candidate will be able to provide assistance during all phases of the litigation process including depositions, witness preparation, building exhibits, briefs, motions, and investigative record review as needed.
Legal Assistant Qualifications
Legal Assistants should have meticulous proofreading skills, outstanding time management, and multi-tasking abilities with strong attention to detail. The ideal candidate must be team-oriented, able to adapt to a fast-paced environment, and present information to varied audiences. A successful Legal Assistant should have excellent critical thinking, problem-solving, and organizational skills,.Beyond the creativity and education this position demands, the Legal Assistant will have excellent communication and interpersonal skills. The most qualified candidates will display critical thinking tactics and demonstrate leadership, with the ability to work effectively with individuals at all levels of an organization.
Duties of a Legal Assistant
- Communicate with clients, gathering necessary documents and information to begin building a case
- Conduct all initial research and provide information to the Lawyer
- Liaise between trial and internal/external third parties
- Manage all administrative responsibilities in the legal office
- Organize all legal documents in a confidential way
Interview Questions to Ask When Hiring a Legal Assistant
Asking the right interview questions when hiring a legal assistant is key. When interviewing, we recommend engaging in thoughtful conversations and purposeful relationship building. Here are some starter questions to consider when hiring a legal assistant:
- What do you view as the most important qualities of a legal assistant?
- Have you ever reported to multiple supervisors at once? How did you manage each person’s priorities?
- Can you describe a project you were assigned in one of your previous roles and how you approached it?
- What made you interested in working with our company?
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