What’s a Legal Secretary?

A Legal Secretary is someone who provides administrative support to lawyers and legal executives. As you can imagine, it’s a role that is varied and is extremely exciting. It is also a job that gives a lot of opportunity for progression, as once you have experience, you could become a legal executive or paralegal. In addition, you could also work towards training to be a solicitor or barrister.

As a Legal Secretary, you’ll work for local authorities, estate agents, the police, or law courts. Daily duties can include: preparing legal documents, court forms and statements, diary management, accompanying solicitors to a court or police station, general admin, handling confidential documents and keeping records.

Our course covers a wide range of informative modules, including the English legal system, sources of law, reading comprehension, civil, criminal and European law, and many more. It is a highly interesting course and will fully equip you for work as a Legal Secretary.