Legal Secretary

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About the Role

This is an exciting opportunity for a young job-seeker to join a busy inner-city criminal law firm.  We are seeking a dynamic and mature person to join our team in a PA/receptionist role on a full-time basis.

Primary Responsibilities

• Receptionist duties
• Communicate with clients by telephone and in the office
• Open files, maintain files, and archive files once completed
• Undertake typing and word processing of documents
• Draft court documents
• Prepare and compile briefs for counsel
• Prepare and register outgoing and incoming mail
• Render receipts and invoices
• Undertake town work including filing and serving of documents
• Be familiar, or quickly become familiar with, the LEAP document management system and Legal Aid grants online

You will be dealing with a wide variety of people from different backgrounds. As such, you are expected to have a high level of interpersonal and communication skills. You will also be highly proficient in technology and the use of word processing programs and the like. Some experience in an office environment would also be highly beneficial.

There are significant opportunities for advancement for the right applicant as the firm grows.