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Legal assistant

Sometimes known as “paralegals”, legal assistants support lawyers and other legal professionals with managing their day-to-day work.

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Fun fact

Who’s Erin Brockovich? Only the most famous legal assistant on the planet! Employed by a small law firm in the United States, she was responsible for getting the Pacific Gas and Electric Company to pay $333 million in 1993 in compensation for contaminated drinking water in the small town of Hinkley, California. She took on the cases of thousands of victims and revealed this scandal to the world. What’s more, her story was made famous as the 2000 feature film Erin Brockovich hit the big screen.

Skills

Hard skills

  • Procedural law
  • Revise legal documents
  • Civil law
  • Commercial law
  • Court procedures
  • Employment law
  • International law

Soft skills

  • Active listening
  • Oral expression
  • Written communication

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