Legal Secretary recruitment agency listing
A legal secretary provides administrative support to solicitors and other legal executives. Typing letters, creating legal documents, working with dictation notes, answering correspondence from clients, keeping records and attending courts or police cells with their employers are common tasks.
Here we list a number of UK recruitment agencies with particular experience in filling legal secretary positions with legal enterprises and organisations across the country.
Entry requirements
There are no set qualifications for this role, although prospective employers are likely to look for good GCSE grades in English, along with experience in office environments " such as temporary office work, known as temping.
Temping work may be easier to obtain following a course in secretarial studies, computing, typing or audio transcription.
A course specifically in legal secretarial skills may also be of help, although good general administration skills and a working knowledge of the law should suffice.
Most legal secretarial work is full time, 9 to 5, Monday to Friday, but part time and temporary work may also be available. Work is generally carried in the office environment, although some work external work may be done, delivering documents or attending police stations or courts with employers.
Salaries
Depending on location, salaries legal secretarial staff start at between £12,000 and £20,000, climbing to between £20,000 and £30,000 as experience is gained. Those with many qualifications in high profile law firms may earn up to £36,000 per year.
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Industries covered: Legal, plus: Accounting & Finance, Administration, Arts, Automotive, Aviation, Banking, Biotechnology, Catering and Hospitality, Construction, Call Centre / Customer Service, Defence, Engineering, Environmental, Executive / Management, Facilities Management, Fashion, Financial Services, Food & Drink, Graduate, Health Care, Health & Safety, Housebuilding, Personnel / HR, Information Industry, Insurance, IT, Logistics, Manufacturing / Production, Market Research, Media, Multilingual & Language, Pharmaceutical, PR, Printing & Publishing, Project Management, Property, Purchasing, Rail, Retail, Shipping, Space & Satellite, Sport, Recreation & Leisure, Telecommunications, Travel, Spa & Beauty, Energy / Renewable Energy, FMCG
Berry Recruitment - Office and Professional division
Industries covered: Legal, plus: Accounting & Finance, Administration, Banking, Charity, Consulting, Creative / Design, Call Centre / Customer Service, Executive / Management, Fashion, Government / Public Sector, Graduate, Personnel / HR, Information Industry, Insurance, Marketing, Market Research, Media, Multilingual & Language, Not-for-profit, PR, Printing & Publishing, Purchasing, Retail, Sales, Training / Learning, Shipping, Sport, Recreation & Leisure, Travel
LinkPoint Resources Limited
Industries covered: Legal, plus: Accounting & Finance, Administration, Banking, Charity, Education, Electronics, Engineering, Executive / Management, Facilities Management, Financial Services, Health & Safety, Personnel / HR, Insurance, Logistics, Marketing, Media, Project Management, Purchasing, Energy / Renewable Energy
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Badger Associates Ltd
Industries covered: Legal, plus: Accounting & Finance, Administration, Automotive, Banking, Construction, Consulting, Creative / Design, Call Centre / Customer Service, Education, Engineering, Executive / Management, Facilities Management, Financial Services, Food & Drink, Health & Safety, Personnel / HR, Information Industry, Insurance, Logistics, Manufacturing / Production, Marketing, Market Research, Media, Pharmaceutical, PR, Printing & Publishing, Project Management, Property, Purchasing, Sales, Science, Tax, Telecommunications, Travel, Energy / Renewable Energy, FMCG, Digital
Recruiter Tip
Whilst knowledge of basic office software such as Word and Excel is essential to a Legal Secretary, more specialised packages to become familiar with include Eclipse Proclaim, and BigHand Dictate.Attic Recruitment Limited
Industries covered: Legal, plus: Accounting & Finance, Administration, Arts, Banking, Facilities Management, Financial Services, Graduate, Personnel / HR, Marketing, Media, Multilingual & Language, Property, Sport, Recreation & Leisure
Sellick Partnership
Industries covered: Legal, plus: Accounting & Finance, Banking, Executive / Management, Financial Services, Government / Public Sector, Graduate, Personnel / HR, Information Industry, IT, Project Management, Purchasing, Tax, Digital
PA London Ltd
Industries covered: Legal, plus: Administration, Agriculture, Arts, Automotive, Aviation, Banking, Biotechnology, Catering and Hospitality, Charity, Construction, Consulting, Creative / Design, Call Centre / Customer Service, Defence, Driving, Education, Electronics, Engineering, Environmental, Fashion, Financial Services, Food & Drink, Government / Public Sector, Graduate, Headhunting, Health Care, Housebuilding, Industrial, Information Industry, Insurance, IT, Manufacturing / Production, Market Research, Media, Not-for-profit, Pharmaceutical, PR, Printing & Publishing, Property, Rail, Rec 2 Rec, Retail, Training / Learning, Science, Security, Shipping, Social Care, Space & Satellite, Sport, Recreation & Leisure, Tax, Telecommunications, Travel, Spa & Beauty, Energy / Renewable Energy, FMCG, Digital
Nelson Recruitment Services Ltd
Industries covered: Legal, plus: Accounting & Finance, Administration, Agriculture, Arts, Automotive, Aviation, Banking, Biotechnology, Catering and Hospitality, Charity, Construction, Consulting, Creative / Design, Call Centre / Customer Service, Domestic / Child Care, Driving, Electronics, Engineering, Environmental, Executive / Management, Facilities Management, Fashion, Financial Services, Food & Drink, Graduate, Headhunting, Health Care, Health & Safety, Housebuilding, Personnel / HR, Industrial, Information Industry, Insurance, IT, Logistics, Manufacturing / Production, Marketing, Market Research, Media, Multilingual & Language, Not-for-profit, Pharmaceutical, PR, Printing & Publishing, Project Management, Property, Purchasing, Rail, Retail, Sales, Training / Learning, Science, Security, Shipping, Space & Satellite, Sport, Recreation & Leisure, Tax, Telecommunications, Travel, Spa & Beauty, Energy / Renewable Energy, FMCG, Digital
Birchfield Recruitment Ltd - Permanent Recruitment
Industries covered: Legal, plus: Accounting & Finance, Banking, Call Centre / Customer Service, Executive / Management, Financial Services, Personnel / HR, Insurance, IT, Marketing, Sales, Training / Learning, Tax, FMCG
Recruiter Tip
Legal Secretaries are required to produce large quantities of typed works accurately and under pressure - meaning that an employer should look for candidates with a typing speed of around 70 wpm.360 Resourcing Solutions
Industries covered: Legal, plus: Accounting & Finance, Administration, Catering and Hospitality, Consulting, Creative / Design, Call Centre / Customer Service, Engineering, Executive / Management, Facilities Management, Financial Services, Graduate, Health & Safety, Personnel / HR, Industrial, Information Industry, Insurance, IT, Logistics, Manufacturing / Production, Marketing, Market Research, Multilingual & Language, Not-for-profit, Pharmaceutical, PR, Project Management, Purchasing, Rail, Retail, Sales, Science, Shipping, Telecommunications, Energy / Renewable Energy, FMCG, Digital
Halo Personnel Ltd
Industries covered: Legal, plus: Accounting & Finance, Administration, Automotive, Construction, Call Centre / Customer Service, Engineering, Executive / Management, Financial Services, Personnel / HR, IT, Logistics, Manufacturing / Production, Multilingual & Language, Sales, Shipping
Mango Solutions Recruitment Ltd
Industries covered: Legal, plus: Accounting & Finance, Administration, Banking, Catering and Hospitality, Child Care, Call Centre / Customer Service, Domestic / Child Care, Engineering, Executive / Management, Facilities Management, Financial Services, Food & Drink, Government / Public Sector, Health Care, Health & Safety, Housebuilding, Personnel / HR, Information Industry, Insurance, Logistics, Manufacturing / Production, Media, Multilingual & Language, Property, Rec 2 Rec, Retail, Sales, Shipping, Travel, Spa & Beauty
Stafffinders Limited
Industries covered: Legal, plus: Accounting & Finance, Administration, Automotive, Banking, Biotechnology, Catering and Hospitality, Charity, Construction, Consulting, Creative / Design, Call Centre / Customer Service, Electronics, Engineering, Environmental, Executive / Management, Facilities Management, Financial Services, Food & Drink, Graduate, Headhunting, Health Care, Health & Safety, Housebuilding, Personnel / HR, Industrial, Information Industry, Insurance, IT, Logistics, Manufacturing / Production, Marketing, Media, Multilingual & Language, Pharmaceutical, Printing & Publishing, Project Management, Property, Purchasing, Rec 2 Rec, Retail, Sales, Training / Learning, Science, Security, Shipping, Sport, Recreation & Leisure, Tax, Telecommunications, Spa & Beauty, FMCG, Digital