No experience is needed, but those with experience are more likely to land jobs, earn higher pay, and get promoted.
To be employed as a legal secretary, you must learn a great deal of legal terminology and court structures and practices. Whether through study or experience, you must be able to grasp the inner workings of the law. You must also be able to quickly learn computer programs, especially word processing, database, spreadsheet, and presentation programs such as PowerPoint, and be able to use them skillfully. The ability to prioritize and balance different tasks is also necessary for the job. Legal secretaries must be organized, resourceful, and focused to handle their varying responsibilities. They should also be good communicators and have excellent grammar and composition skills.
Large law firms usually require legal secretaries to be able to type 65 to 80 words per minute (WPM) and government entry-level jobs will often accept legal secretaries who can type 45 to 50 WPM.
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