Legal Secretary

Secretary to Civil Rights Team. Working with team members to provide clients with a service of high standard. You are responsible for working with other members to ensure the department as a whole works effectively as possible. The emphasis to work as a team and the tasks set out below are not to be regarded as strict demarcation lines. The duties will include:-
• Transcribing dictation files, collating enclosures, photocopying and filling which should be kept up to date at all times.
• Taking details of new clients referrals as and when requested.
• Keeping clients / third parties word processing, P4W address files up to date.
• Organising fee earners’ diary of appointments in consultation with them.
• Dealing with enquiries from clients / other firms and reporting as soon as possible to the appropriate fee earner.
• Taking messages and chasing up letters in consultation with the fee earner.
• Collating briefs to counsel and court bundles.
• Maintaining on the central diary a list of important dates, including limitation dates, court dates etc and bringing these to the attention of the fee earner.
• Developing legal knowledge and software skills.
• Legal help billing and private bill assessments.
• Maintaining private billing debt control diary and bringing overdue accounts to the attention of the fee earner.
• Undertaking file archiving procedures at the end of matter under direction of the fee earner.
• Prompting the fee earner of monthly file reviews as and when they fall due.
• Maintaining P4W files as an effective case management system.
• With the assistance of the fee earner ensuring files are LSC franchise / LEXCEL compliant.
You will also be required to undertake other tasks as directed to ensure the work of the department or film as a whole is carried out.

Agency/Employer: Professional Choice Personnel Ltd
Town or City: Colchester
Location: Suffolk
Sector: Administration
Related Job Titles: Legal Secretary
Permanent/Contract: Permanent, Full time
Experience: 2 years
Date: 24-10-2007
Salary: Not specified

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