Legal Secretary

Lone Star Legal Aid (LSLA) seeks one Contract Legal Secretary - Legal Aid for Children's Health & Security (LACHS) (JP# LACHS 013-2024) for its Beaumont, Longview, Nacogdoches, or Tyler Branch Offices.

LSLA is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit law firm and its mission is to protect and advance the civil rights of low-income Texans by providing advocacy, legal representation, and community education that ensure equal access to justice.

Summary of Responsibilities

This is a one-year contract Legal Secretary position under the Legal Aid for Children’s Health & Security Grant educational component. This worker carries out general office and secretarial duties in the assigned unit; answers the department/unit telephone, types correspondence and reports, maintains department, unit, or office files.

Principle Duties

Answers the telephone, takes accurate messages and/or routes callers to voice mail; prepares...

Responsibilities:

• Edit and proofread routine law office correspondence and legal case matters.
• Transcribe legal documents, correspondence and reports from rough draft, dictation or transcription.
• Organize and prioritize numerous tasks and complete them under time constraints.
• Professional and positive interpersonal skills necessary in order to communicate and follow instructions effectively from a diverse group of clients, attorneys and staff and provide information with ordinary courtesy and tact.
• Work with multiple attorneys with minimum supervision.
• Problem solve, use sound judgment and work well under pressure.
• Work within deadlines and effectively handle stress.
• Establish effective working relationships and appropriately interact with others.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree (preferred);
• 5+ years of legal secretarial experience
• Litigation...

Responsibilities:

• Edit and proofread routine law office correspondence and legal case matters.
• Transcribe legal documents, correspondence and reports from rough draft, dictation or transcription.
• Organize and prioritize numerous tasks and complete them under time constraints.
• Professional and positive interpersonal skills necessary in order to communicate and follow instructions effectively from a diverse group of clients, attorneys and staff and provide information with ordinary courtesy and tact.
• Work with multiple attorneys with minimum supervision.
• Problem solve, use sound judgment and work well under pressure.
• Work within deadlines and effectively handle stress.
• Establish effective working relationships and appropriately interact with others.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree (preferred);
• 5+ years of legal secretarial experience
• Litigation...

Responsibilities:

• Edit and proofread routine law office correspondence and legal case matters.
• Transcribe legal documents, correspondence and reports from rough draft, dictation or transcription.
• Organize and prioritize numerous tasks and complete them under time constraints.
• Professional and positive interpersonal skills necessary in order to communicate and follow instructions effectively from a diverse group of clients, attorneys and staff and provide information with ordinary courtesy and tact.
• Work with multiple attorneys with minimum supervision.
• Problem solve, use sound judgment and work well under pressure.
• Work within deadlines and effectively handle stress.
• Establish effective working relationships and appropriately interact with others.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree (preferred);
• 5+ years of legal secretarial experience
• Litigation...