Job Description
Lawyers On Demand is currently seeking skilled applicants for an opening as a Legal Secretary with a highly regarded law firm in their Boston office. This is an immediate hiring need featuring a hybrid work schedule with an anticipated duration of 2 months.
Legal Secretary - Law Firm, Boston
- Contract; 2 month anticipated duration
- Contract pay starting at $35/hour
- 40 hours per week; 9-6pm; 3 days in-office
Individuals in this role will be supporting a team of corporate attorneys, provide legal assistance to attorneys, and support daily operations by providing quality work product for clients. Individuals in this role will preform legal and administrative support duties and should be comfortable working in a fast-paced environment. Preferred candidates will have prior experience working in a law firm or professional services environment.
Responsibilities
- Assist attorneys by providing administrative assistance through the performance of complex secretarial and clerical duties including: meeting planning and coordination, client communication, and scheduling, etc.
- Receive and screen telephone calls, correspondence and/or visitors; answer routine questions and furnish information to inquiring parties
- Schedule appointments and make arrangements for conferences and travel; maintain attorney's calendar, contacts and ensure that deadlines are met
- Create, organize and maintain client files, follow up on pending matters
- Maintain physical and electronic client research and administrative files utilizing NetDocs
- Proofread all documents and check for appropriate formatting, spelling and grammatical errors
- Prepare documents and packages for mail, messenger and overnight delivery; ensure that all attachments, exhibits and enclosures are intact
- Receive and redirect attorney requests and needs as appropriate to expedite solutions
- Input Partner's time in Intapp time and record information
- Prepare expense reports and disbursements forms
Qualifications
- High School Diploma or GED required; Associate's Degree or Bachelor's Degree in a related field preferred
- Minimum of three (3) years previous legal assistant or administrative experience required
- Administrative support experience in Business Law strongly desired
- Prior experience working in a legal setting required
- Proficient in the use of Microsoft Word, Outlook, PowerPoint and Excel
LOD is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Diversity and inclusion is a core part of our Ways of Working, and we celebrate and embrace it. We know the individual differences of our people make us collectively better and we encourage all applicants; including people with disability, career breaks, gender diverse, LGBTQIA, and culturally diverse communities to join us so we can do great things together.