Legal Administrative Assistant Cover Letter is the first point of contact between a recruiter and a candidate aspiring to gain employment as an administrative assistant with a law firm or a legal department in an organization. Administrative Assistants handle all the clerical and administrative functions. This frees the lawyers from administrative responsibilities enabling them to concentrate on the core area of their profession. The minimum educational qualification for a legal administrative assistant is a bachelor's degree in any discipline.
The duties of a legal administrative assistant include filing legal documents with the relevant legal authority, provide assistance for framing procedures and policies to establish a synchronous working culture, coordination of departmental activities, filing important documents and maintenance and updating of databases, coordination of special projects, and preparation of reports and letters. Clerical duties like making travel arrangements and coordination of internal and external meetings is also an essential part of his duties.
Legal Administrative Assistant Cover Letter should also bring out the ability of the applicant to be self motivated and take the lead when the same is the need of the hour. Occasionally, legal administrative assistants have to work overtime and on weekends. The candidate will do well to highlight this readiness in the cover letter. Experience, as usual, is of paramount importance for it provides a certificate of the abilities of the candidate. Any job related achievement, therefore, should be mentioned with priority in this letter. All in all the cover letter should arouse the curiosity of the recruiter to the extent that he goes through the resume and proceeds further with the candidate.
Here is an example of legal administrative assistant cover letter:
December 12, 2011
Clive Mills
200 Jack Gibbs Blvd.,
Columbus, OH 43215,
614-365-9483
clive.mills@gmail.com
Dear Mr. Bronson,
This is with reference to your advertisement in the "Columbus Post", dated December 8, 2011, inviting applications for the position of a legal administrative assistant in your reputed law firm. I hereby submit my application for the said position. I am fully qualified for appointment as a legal administrative assistant with your organization, as per the conditions of eligibility mentioned in your advertisement. I have over six years experience as a legal administrative assistant and I am looking to work with an institution where commitment and merit are valued and rewarded.
As a legal administrative assistant, I have handled the entire range of duties that come with this position. I have provided clerical and administrative support to more than one level in the hierarchy in law firms. I have successfully executed duties like filing legal documents with the proper legal authorities, preparation of legal and official papers, design and implementation procedures and policies to ensure a coherent and streamlined work culture, and maintenance and updating of databases in the office.
I have also handled clerical assignments like making appointments and travel arrangements, sorting mail, answering phone calls related to legal work, and coordination of meetings within the office and those between outsiders and office employees. I have bachelor's degree in arts. Although I do not have any formal legal qualification, my experience has made me fairly cognizant with legal documents, procedures, and jargon. I am comfortable with working overtime and on weekends. I am a self motivated person who can work without supervision. I am also capable of taking initiative when the occasion demands.
It will be a pleasure to work with a considerate organization like yours. I have attached my resume with this cover letter. You can get in touch with me on the telephone number or the email address mentioned above.
Yours sincerely,
(Clive Mills)
Enclosure: Resume
Legal Administrative Assistant Cover Letter, thus, is a short description of the ability and the readiness of the applicant in performing the administrative duties in a law firm or a legal department that helps the lawyers concentrate on their main task.