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Legal Assistant

Legal assistants are administrative personnel who are trained in the basics of law. Some duties of legal assistants are:

• Secretarial support
• Drafting of correspondence and documents
• Responding to client telephone calls
• Drafting court documents under the supervision of staff lawyers
• Interviewing applicants for legal aid
• Determining eligibility for legal aid
• Filing
• Word processing
• Dicta typing

Qualifications for the position include:

• Grade 12 education
• Legal secretarial course
• Two years experience
• Communication and organizational skills
• Ability to work independently and take initiative
• Ability to undertake heavy work load