Legal Secretaries
Official O*NET title: Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants (43-6012.00)
Also called: confidential secretary, legal administrative assistant, legal administrator, legal coordinator, legal management assistant
Do you do this at work?
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Do you do this at work?
Prepare, proofread, or process legal documents
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How AI is changing legal secretaries work
2 of 10 measurable main tasks for this job show up in real AI-use data, so we rate it Green (little AI use yet) — 20%.
This shows where people already use AI, not whether the job will disappear. How we measure this.
Tasks in this job and recorded AI use
- Prepare, proofread, or process legal documents (main task) — some recorded AI use
- Prepare and distribute invoices to bill clients or pay account expenses (main task) — some recorded AI use
- Organize and maintain law libraries, documents, and case files (main task) — no recorded AI use
- Mail, fax, or arrange for delivery of legal correspondence to clients, witnesses, and court officials (main task) — no recorded AI use
- Make photocopies of correspondence, documents, and other printed matter (main task) — no recorded AI use
- Assist attorneys in collecting information such as employment, medical, and other records (main task) — no recorded AI use
- Complete various forms (main task) — no recorded AI use
- Receive and place telephone calls (main task) — no recorded AI use
- Schedule and make appointments (main task) — no recorded AI use
- Draft and type office memos (main task) — no recorded AI use
- Review legal publications and perform database searches to identify laws and court decisions relevant to pending cases — some recorded AI use
- Submit articles and information from searches to attorneys for review and approval for use — no recorded AI use
- Make travel arrangements for attorneys — no recorded AI use
- Attend legal meetings — no recorded AI use
Tasks: O*NET 31.0. AI use: Anthropic Economic Index (exact or close text match).
Your first steps (guidance)
- Week 1: Open a free AI assistant and say hello. Follow our “Getting started with AI” guide. Ask it one simple question about your work.
- Week 2: Use AI on one task you do often. Try the prompt for: “Prepare, proofread, or process legal documents”. Try the prompt for: “Prepare and distribute invoices to bill clients or pay account expenses”.
Tick your own tasks above to get a plan based on what you really do. The first 2 weeks are free; Premium (coming soon) adds weeks 3–12. New to AI? Read our beginner’s guide.
Questions about AI and legal secretaries
Will AI replace legal secretaries?
Our data can’t predict job losses, and we don’t try to. What it does show: 2 of the 10 main tasks for this job match tasks people already use AI for (Anthropic Economic Index), giving a Green rating (little AI use yet). Using AI on a task is not the same as AI doing the whole job, and 11 of the 14 listed tasks show no recorded AI use yet.
Which legal secretary tasks is AI used for most?
In the data, the most AI use among this job’s tasks is for: prepare, proofread, or process legal documents; prepare and distribute invoices to bill clients or pay account expenses; review legal publications and perform database searches to identify laws and court decisions relevant to pending cases.
Which legal secretary tasks show little or no AI use?
For example: organize and maintain law libraries, documents, and case files; mail, fax, or arrange for delivery of legal correspondence to clients, witnesses, and court officials; make photocopies of correspondence, documents, and other printed matter. These are good places to keep building your own skills.
How does this job compare to others?
In Microsoft Research’s “Working with AI” study, this job’s AI applicability score is equal to or higher than 71% of the occupations they scored. That measures overlap with AI chat use, not risk of job loss.
How can a legal secretary start learning AI?
Start small: open a free AI assistant, try it on one task you do often, and always check facts and numbers yourself. The plan on this page is guidance, not professional advice.
See how this job ranks
Legal Secretaries ranks #351 of 572 jobs for the share of main tasks with AI use (#1 = most), and #23 of 34 in Office & Admin.
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