Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants

1. 01Organize and maintain law libraries, documents, and case files.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
2. 02Mail, fax, or arrange for delivery of legal correspondence to clients, witnesses, and court officials.AI could speed this up a lot
3. 03Prepare and distribute invoices to bill clients or pay account expenses.AI could speed this up a lot
4. 04Prepare, proofread, or process legal documents, such as summonses, subpoenas, complaints, appeals, motions, or pretrial agreements.AI could speed this up a lot
5. 05Make photocopies of correspondence, documents, and other printed matter.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
6. 06Assist attorneys in collecting information such as employment, medical, and other records.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
7. 07Complete various forms, such as accident reports, trial and courtroom requests, and applications for clients.AI could speed this up a lot
8. 08Receive and place telephone calls.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
9. 09Schedule and make appointments.People already use AI for this at work
10. 10Draft and type office memos.AI could speed this up a lot

Tasks from O*NET® 31.0 (US Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0, changed by us), most important first. “Already use” comes from Anthropic’s data on real work chats with Claude; “could speed up” from task ratings made with GPT-4 in 2023.

AI touches every main task of this job in some way. Your edge is judgment: knowing when AI’s work is right, and checking it before it counts.

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