Legal Secretary

Role Overview

• Maintains and monitors disciplinary files in the case management system
• Types and finalizes drafted pleadings, correspondence, and meeting minutes and agendas
• Coordinates monthly grievance committee meetings and assists committee members
• Answers telephone and makes case notes in the case management system
• Maintains bar counsels' calendars and coordinates meetings, depositions, and hearings
• Receives and scans incoming mail into the case management system
• Sends outgoing mail
• Prepares bar counsels' travel requests and expense reports

Requirements

• High School Diploma (or its equivalency)
• Five (5) years of progressively responsible secretarial experience
• Correct spelling, punctuation and grammar
• Standard business formats
• Legal terminology
• Style and format of legal pleadings
• Adobe Acrobat
• Office procedures and practices and styles
• MS Word
• MS Excel
• Use of databases

Benefits

• Employer paid pension contribution
• Eligibility for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program (PSLF)