Back to search
Job Description:Â Legal Assistant
Role
Employment law experience is preferred.
Main purpose
To provide administrative support to Fee Earner as well as achieving own individual target of 6 units per day.
Key tasks (not an exhaustive list)
- Maintain Fee Earner’s diary arranging meetings and appointments.
- Deal with routine client correspondence and queries.
- Opening and closing all files
- Attend to clients both in person and on the telephone in a manner in keeping with the firm’s standard of client care.
- Create and maintain client records on the firm’s database ensuring that all correspondence and file notes are recorded on the system, in accordance with HCB’s and Lexcel’s requirements.
- Produce client correspondence and enclosures for mailing including client bills.
- Ensure the confidentiality of the client and firm’s information and documentation at all times.
- Maintain client hard copy files including copying, storage and retrieval of information.
- Request payments and record receipts of client monies.
- Arrange searches, reports and any other information as requested by the fee earner.
