legal assistant
Code 3411.7
Legal assistants work closely together with lawyers and legal representatives in the research and preparation of cases brought to courts. They assist in the paper work of cases and management of the administrative side of court affairs.
Essential skills
Knowledge
- legal case management
- legal research
- legal department processes
- court procedures
- legal terminology
Skills and competences
- handle case evidence
- execute working instructions
- study court hearings
- manage accounts
- pose questions referring to documents
- compile legal documents
- revise legal documents
- use word processing software
Transversal competences
- Reglamento General de Protección de Datos (GDPR)
- meet deadlines for preparing legal cases
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This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission and the Mapha Taxonomy developed by OTIC SOFOFA (CC BY 4.0), in an adapted version. Group codes come from the ILO's ISCO-08. See sources and licences