_____ Conventional Occupations: Legal Secretaries
in fi lling out applications or questionnaires. Ensure
payment for services by verifying benefi ts with the
person’s insurance provider or working out fi nancing
options. Identify and report problems in obtaining
valid data. Explain survey objectives and procedures
to interviewees and interpret survey questions to help
interviewees’ comprehension. Perform patient ser-
vices, such as answering the telephone and assisting
patients with fi nancial and medical questions. Pre-
pare reports to provide answers in response to specifi c
problems. Locate and list addresses and households.
Perform other offi ce duties as needed, such as tele-
marketing and customer service inquiries, billing
patients, and receiving payments. Meet with super-
visor daily to submit completed assignments and
discuss progress. Collect and analyze data, such as
studying old records; tallying the number of outpa-
tients entering each day or week; or participating in
federal, state, or local population surveys as a census
enumerator.
GOE—Interest Area/Cluster: 10. Human Ser vice.
Work Group: 10.04. Client Inter viewing. Other
Jobs in " is Work Group: Eligibility Interviewers,
Government Programs.
Skills: Service Orientation; Speaking.
Education and Training Program: Receptionist.
Related Knowledge/Courses: # erapy and Coun-
seling; Sales and Marketing; Customer and Personal
Service; Psychology; Medicine and Dentistry; Edu-
cation and Training.
Work Env ironment : Indoors; sitting; using hands
on objects, tools, or controls; repetitive motions.
Legal Secretaries
! Personality Code: CE
! Education/Training Required: Associate
degree
! Annual Earnings: $38,810
! Beginning Wage: $24,380
! Earnings Growth Potential: Medium
! Growth: 11.7%
! Annual Job Openings: 38,682
! Self-Employed: 1.4%
! Part-Time: 18.9%Perform secretarial duties, utilizing legal termi-
nology, procedures, and documents. Prepare legal
papers and correspondence, such as summonses,
complaints, motions, and subpoenas. May also
assist with legal research. Prepare and process legal
documents and papers, such as summonses, sub-
poenas, complaints, appeals, motions, and pretrial
agreements. Mail, fax, or arrange for delivery of legal
correspondence to clients, witnesses, and court offi -
cials. Receive and place telephone calls. Schedule and
make appointments. Make photocopies of correspon-
dence, documents, and other printed matter. Orga-
nize and maintain law libraries, documents, and case
fi les. Assist attorneys in collecting information such
as employment, medical, and other records. Attend
legal meetings, such as client interviews, hearings,
or depositions, and take notes. Draft and type offi ce
memos. Review legal publications and perform data-
base searches to identify laws and court decisions
relevant to pending cases. Submit articles and infor-
mation from searches to attorneys for review and
approval for use. Complete various forms such as
accident reports, trial and courtroom requests, and
applications for clients.
GOE—Interest Area/Cluster: 04. Business and
Administration. Work Group: 04.04. Secretarial
Support. Other Jobs in " is Work Group: Execu-
tive Secretaries and Administrative Assistants; Med-
ical Secretaries; Secretaries, Except Legal, Medical,
and Executive.Conventional–
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