Contains law-office procedures for beginning and veteran legal secretaries. The text is divided into five sections: general duties in the law office; preparing legal instruments and documents; preparing court papers; assisting in specialized practice; and legal facts and secretarial aids.

Now in its fourth edition, this popular desktop tool is packed with law-office practices and procedures for beginning and veteran legal secretaries and paralegals. Organised for quick access to work-day solutions, the guide is divided into five parts - general duties in the law office; preparing legal instruments and documents; preparing court papers; assisting in specialised practice; legal facts and secretarial aids.

• GENERAL DUTIES IN THE LAW OFFICE
• Opening Client Files and Creating Documents
• Contacts with Clients and other Callers
• Reminder Systems and Practices
• Filing in the Law Office
• Handling Legal and Business Correspondence
• How to Keep Books and Records
• Using References in Legal Research
• PREPARING LEGAL INSTRUMENTS AND DOCUMENTS
• Handling Legal Instruments
• How to Prepare Legal Papers
• How to Handle Powers of Attorney and Wills
• PREPARING COURT PAPERS
• Understanding Courts and their Functions
• Handling Court Papers
• How to Prepare Court Papers
• How to Handle Records on Appeal, Briefs and citations
• ASSISTING IN SPECIALISED PRACTICE
• Assisting in Partnership Formation and Incorporation
• Acting as Corporate Sectretary
• Assisting in Real Estate Practice and Foreclosures
• Assisting with Probate and Estate Administration
• Handling Commercial Collections
• LEGAL FACTS AND SECRETARIAL AIDS
• Forms of Address
• Honorary and Official Positions
• Latin Words and Phrases
• Glossary of Legal terms
• Course of Records and Judicial Circuits
• Index