Legal Assistant Trainee

Goodell DeVries • Baltimore, MD

7d • $21 - $30

About The Position

The Legal Administrative Assistant Trainee (LAA) is an entry-level role administrative support role, providing support to both paralegals and attorneys. The LAA completes a variety of clerical and administrative support tasks such as providing receptionist coverage, maintaining legal files, preparing and filing legal documents, composing and proofreading correspondence, and entering information in databases.

Requirements

• High School Diploma, or equivalent.
• A minimum of 2 years of experience providing administrative or secretarial support in a fast-paced professional services environment.
• Microsoft Office proficiency, including Word, Excel, and Outlook.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• The ability to communicate effectively and professionally with internal and external clients on all levels.
• Excellent typing, grammatical and proofreading skills, and attention to detail.

Nice To Haves

• Applicants may substitute higher education for some of this required experience.

Responsibilities

• Provides general administrative/ secretarial support for the firm.
• Provides rotating coverage at the receptionist desk. Professionally greets and interacts with visitors, staff, and attorneys. Answers incoming phone calls and facilitates the handling of information requests in a professional and prompt manner.
• Accurately drafts correspondence per the supervisor and/or attorney direction, including but not limited to proofreading, sending, and saving correspondence to the firm’s file storage system. Works from dictation, rough drafts or notes provided by others, and may handle preliminary research of information needed for completing correspondence.
• Organizes, tracks, and maintains documents in client files, including closing and storing files following the resolution of cases according to firm policies.
• Accurately enters billable time by the required deadline.
• May maintain internal databases.
• Other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED