Legal Clerk Resume
Legal clerks are responsible for maintaining and organizing litigation materials. They do other duties that include filing, copying, providing customer service through mail and telephone when needed. You can apply for this position to a law office or a government agency. She is hired to handle administrative and legal tasks.
Resume Sample
Della G. Rusk
1077 Irish Lane
La Crosse, WI 54601
Phone: 608-724-4398
Email: dgrusk@freemail.com
Job Objective:
To work as a legal clerk at law firm or government agency and use my administrative and research skills in assisting clients, attorneys, and judges.
Summary of Skills:
- Skilled in law research and presenting reports
- Remarkable attention-to-detail and organizational skills
- Able to tackle variety of challenging work all alone
- Excellent knack in following oral and written instructions
- Expert in working with computer and possess typing speed of 60 wpm
- Complete knowledge of administrative and clerical processes involved in legal system
- Familiar with latest government regulations and legal codes
- Outstanding customer service and interpretation skills
Work Experience:
Legal Clerk
ABC Associates, La Crosse, WI
2012 - present
- Filing documents, handling correspondence, researching and drafting reports on case law
- Answering and responding to clients' questions politely
- Assisting attorneys in conducting background check on clients and witnesses
- Maintaining certified copies of documents issued by the court
- Preparing detail reports with necessary documents before presenting them to the court
- Retrieving information from the database the attorney is looking for
- Conducting legal research necessary for the law cases
Legal Clerk
Randall and Smith, La Crosse, WI
2010 - 2012
- Sent and received faxes relating to legal matters
- Opened and closed the office in time
- Kept all the documents in organized manner so that they are easy to retrieve
- Drafted reports on law cases
- Communicated with clients through telephone, mobile and email
- Distribute and retrieved legal documents and files as requested
- Collected and submitted details of expenses incurred in the line of duty to the accounts department
Education:
Bachelor's Degree in Law
White Hawk Law College, La Crosse, WI
2009
References:
Available upon request.
See Also
Law Clerk Responsibilities
