Legal Associate Professionals
Description
Legal associate professionals provide administrative support for legal professionals and investigate and make recommendations on legal matters that do not fall within the province of a normal court of law.
Tasks
- Draws up schedules of legal costs and advises on the allocation of legal costs and the level of legal fees.
- Assists in all aspects of probate and common law practice.
- Ensures their organisation complies with relevant regulations and their organisational policies.
- Attends court to assist barristers and solicitors in the presentation of a case.
- Ensures judges have the necessary legal other documents, manages their diary and carries out other administrative duties collates information, drafts briefs and other documents.
- Runs chambers on behalf of principals, develops the practice, manages the flow of work, decides which cases to accept, arranges appropriate fees and prepares financial records.
Entry Requirements
Honours, Bachelor's degree
Skills
- Active Listening
- Reading Comprehension
- Writing
- Speaking
- Monitoring
- Active Learning
- Critical Thinking
- Mathematics
- Learning Strategies
- Science