Legal Assistant

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Legal Assistant

The candidate administers attorney(s)’ calendar, makes scheduling arrangements, and orchestrates travel plans as necessary. Collects, researches, organizes, and analyzes data, documentation, legal precedent, and applicable statutes. Composes and edits internal correspondence. Prepares and processes legal documents, such as summons, complaints, appeals, motions, and settlements. Makes photocopies of correspondence, documents, and other printed matter. Mails, faxes, emails or arranges for delivery of legal correspondence. Organizes and maintains law libraries, documents, and case files. Answers telephones, takes messages, answers routine questions, and transfers calls to appropriate staff. Greets visitors, handles their inquiries, and directs them to the appropriate personnel. Adheres to University and unit-level policies and procedures and safeguards University assets. Under minimal supervision, manages attorney and faculty calendars; makes scheduling arrangements involving multiple parties; and makes travel arrangements. Completes assignments requiring the collection and organization of data, and may provide analysis, presentation and publication materials; reviews legal publications; performs routine database searches to identify laws and court decisions relevant to pending cases and classes. Composes and edits internal correspondence and documents or selects standardized formats, designs presentations and may create drafts of legal correspondence and department publications; provides routine and general clerical support which may include reports and statistics; prepares and processes legal documents and papers, such as summonses, complaints, appeals, motions and pretrial agreements. Makes photocopies of correspondence, documents, and other printed matter; mail, fax, or arrange for delivery of legal correspondence to clients, witnesses, and court officials. Organizes and maintains documents, and case files. Prepares eBERF’s, eCheck; other reimbursements Via Workday; coordinates books, conferences, seminars, courses, makes hotel and travel arrangements. Works with Master Calendar in securing venues for events, meetings, lectures, etc. Answers telephones, take messages, answers routine questions, and transfer calls to appropriate individuals. Greets visitors and callers, handles their inquiries, and directs them to the appropriate person(s) according to their needs. Supports faculty associated with the Clinics to which the Legal Assistant is assigned with administrative tasks related to courses, scholarship and students; may provide ancillary support to physicians, clinical activities, business services, student services.

Additional Information

Ref R100035016

Company info

University of Miami School of Law
1311 Miller Drive Room F203
Coral Gables
Florida
United States 33146
Website : http://www.law.miami.edu/cpc/