Legal assistant - Salary, Career

How much does an Legal assistant earn

A Legal assistant earns between $1.236 and $4.445 per month, with an average monthly salary of $1.991 and a median salary of $1.600 according to an Averwage.com salary survey along with to data of professionals hired and fired by companies in the labor market.

Our research is based on the salaries of 16.070 professionals hired and dismissed by the period from 06/2021 to 05/2022 (last year).

Salary ranges for the Legal assistant
	Monthly Salary	Annual Salary	Salary Per Week	Hourly Salary
Average wage	1.991	23.891	498	9
1º Quartile	1.236	14.834	309	6
Median Salary	1.600	19.200	400	8
3º Quartile	3.390	40.683	848	16
Higher Salary	4.445	53.345	1.111	21

Professional job categories

Middle level technicians
- medium level technicians in administrative sciences
- - technicians of administrative sciences
- - - servants of justice

Related Positions:

Main workplaces

Servants of Justice they work in registries. They are hired under the CLT regime, with a formal contract. They are organized as a team, under permanent supervision, working indoors during the day and, by appointment, at any time and day of the week. They are subject to exposure to contaminated dust from process papers, which can cause rhinitis and leptospirosis. The bailiff has special conditions of exercise, with occasional supervision, and may work in vehicles or in the open, subject to special situations, such as compliance with a warrant for the arrest of lawbreakers.

What does it take to work in the field of Servants of Justice

The educational requirements of these occupations are heterogeneous, with different criteria by region of the country or state of the federation. For the legal services assistant, at least elementary education is required with no previous experience required. A court clerk requires incomplete higher education and four to five years' professional experience in the area. For the extra-judicial clerk, a complete higher education course plus three to four years of experience is required. For other occupations, a high school diploma is required.

Functions and activities of Legal assistant

Servants of Justice must:

support in hearings;

complying legal and judicial determinations;

support in the hearings;

perform diligence;

carry out diligence;

assist in the hearings;

complete legal and court orders;

provide public service;

provide customer service;

perform due diligence;

fulfill legal and judicial determinations;

complete legal and judicial determinations;

supporting in hearings;

comply with legal and judicial determinations;

demonstrate personal skills;

organize files;

dispatch documents;

assist in hearings;

complete legal and judicial orders;

service to the public;

follow legal and judicial determinations;

manage technical-administrative activities of the notary and the police station;

Activities

draw wills;

provide certificates;

use computer resources;

dispatch certificates;

act with insight to resolve risky situations;

dispatch negative and positive certificates of protests;

dispatch letters rogatory and rogatory;

dispatch transfers;

seek technical improvement;

seal properties;

performing acts;

acquire materials and equipment;

preparing judicial accounts;

proceed with inquiries;

elaborate an appraisal report;

collect signatures of the parties and witnesses;

elaborate a sharing outline;

preach the parties and witnesses;

advertising auctions and places;

read sentences and other pieces of the case file;

write incident report (bo);

submit proceedings;

computerize the document registry;

proceed with evictions;

notify interested parties;

dispatch the auction and award letter;

manage financial resources;

save evidence objects;

perform arrests of persons and goods;

dispatch rogatory and rogatory letters;

maintaining order during hearings;

return assets;

write the minutes of the hearing;

cite the required part;

give publicity to the acts;

coercively conduct witnesses;

cite the required party;

apply cost tables;

save movable and immovable property;

preparing statistical reports;

perform judicial inspection and inspection;

collect goods;

subpoena interested parties;

proceed to separate bodies;

complete the determinations on time;

manage books and guides;

dispatch transfers;

perform search and seizure of persons and property;

demonstrate agility in services;

write deeds and public powers of attorney;

dispatch warrants and countermandates;

dispatch birth, marriage and death certificates;

supervise the work routine;

dress according to the rules;

authenticate documents;

perform marriages;

raise pledges;

sign deeds and other documents;

act ethically;

embargo new works;

preparing statistical reports;

keep legal secrecy when determined;

demonstrate punctuality and attendance;

maintain the functioning of the computer system;

monitoring process phases;

play documents;

computerize document registration;

dispatch guides and guide letters;

organize the courtroom;

remove assets;

archive processes and other documents;

dispatch the bidding and award letter;

read judgments and other parts of the case file;

carry out acts;

pledge goods and rights;

dispatch formal sharing;

perform marriages out of use;

proceed with listing of assets;

record acts;

proceed with arrests and kidnappings;

clarify stakeholders;

issue permits;

following process phases;

dispatch sentence letters;

dispatch public notices;

consult relevant legislation;

repossess possession;

performing marriages;

act with discretion;

demonstrate ability to verify the authenticity of documents;

act with civility;

demonstrate document analysis ability;

distribute shares;

submit interested parties;

inform process progress;

draw up deeds and other out-of-use acts;

act impartially;

care for the physical integrity of the records and other documents;

send case to the courts;

developing a sharing outline;

carrying out acts;

note acts;

ensure document security;

read sentences and other parts of the case file;

communicate with parties;

manage personnel;

dispatch burial guides;

search documents;

imitate in possession;

sort documents;

controlling deadlines of the parties;

referring to the courts;

dispatch letters;

keep records and books;

master the legal vocabulary;

recognise firms;

keep backups on different media;

Sectors that hire Legal assistant the most in the job market

attorney services
combined office and administrative support services
notaries
billing activities and registration information
document preparation and specialized administrative support services
accounting activities
business management consulting activities
portals, content providers and other information services on the internet
development and licensing of non-customizable computer programs
building construction

Legal assistant - Career description, activities, functions and salary