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Overview
Legal administrative assistants keep daily legal office work moving by handling correspondence, calls, typing, schedules and files while using knowledge of legal procedures and terminology.
In job descriptions, look for legal documents, case deadlines, confidentiality, telephone contact, meeting booking, court or notary office routines, handwritten texts and case-management systems.
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Search jobsWork context
Work is office-based legal administration. It often combines correspondence, calls, typing, calendar control, file updates and deadline tracking with knowledge of legal terminology and office procedures.
Skills and specializations
Strong roles need accurate document compilation, confidentiality, telephone communication, meeting booking and comfort with legal department routines. Court procedures or legal research may appear in more advanced posts.
Salary context
Pay context is shaped by confidentiality level, deadline pressure, document complexity, client or court contact, case-management responsibility and the amount of independent coordination expected.
Career paths
Experience can lead toward senior legal secretary work, case administration, paralegal support, notary office coordination or specialist assistant roles in litigation or corporate legal teams.
Good to know
Read adverts for the split between ordinary office duties and legal case support. Look for named systems, types of documents, deadline ownership and whether the role contacts clients or court officials.
Editorial note
This guide gives editorial career context for legal administrative assistant work. It is not official labour-market statistics or salary data.
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O*NET relationships
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O*NET relationships: 4
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants
43-6011.00
Close relationship
The occupations are closely related, but the official mapping does not treat them as exact equivalents.
Open in O*NETLegal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
43-6012.00
Exact relationship
The official mapping treats the O*NET and ESCO occupations as closely equivalent.
Open in O*NETParalegals and Legal Assistants
23-2011.00
Close relationship
The occupations are closely related, but the official mapping does not treat them as exact equivalents.
Open in O*NETSecretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive
43-6014.00
Close relationship
The occupations are closely related, but the official mapping does not treat them as exact equivalents.
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Alternative labels
Occupation group
Legal secretaries (3342)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/0264b794-3771-47aa-a675-78bf13b62ee7 |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 3342.2 |
| ISCO group | 3342 |
| Concept type | Occupation |