Legal Secretary (Litigation Department) – Fixed-Term

Draft, file, track and follow up: that's your week at a litigation law firm in Roodepoort. You'll work with a small crew, so being easy to work with matters as much as skill.

This post is Roodepoort-based, with most of your time spent at a litigation law firm.

• Open new matters and do conflict checks on the practice system
• Diarise court dates, prescription dates and filing deadlines
• Collect documents for estates, such as death certificates and bank statements
• Collate and index court bundles and discovery files
• Capture payments and update debtor balances on collection matters

• Understanding of court rules and deadlines
• Matric plus a legal secretary or paralegal qualification
• Discreet with confidential client information
• Experience on legal software such as LegalSuite, AJS or GhostPractice
• Organised under pressure from several attorneys

• Close-to-transport offices in city centres
• Study assistance for LLB or paralegal courses
• Office hours with no weekend work
• Year-end bonus at many firms

• Name the legal software and the type of matters you handled in the first lines of your CV.
• Include your typing speed; many firms test it on the day of the interview.