Perform secretarial duties using legal terminology, procedures, and documents. Prepare legal papers and correspondence, such as summonses, complaints, motions, and subpoenas. May also assist with legal research.
U.S. Workers
154,540
Median Salary
$54,140
10-Year Growth
-5.8%
Annual Openings
19,600
Typical entry: High school diploma or equivalent
14 of 14 tasks have some AI capability
Exposure Trend
This score reflects estimated AI technical capability for tasks in this occupation. It does not predict employment changes, and it does not account for company-specific constraints, regulation, or adoption barriers.
Mail, fax, or arrange for delivery of legal correspondence to clients, witnesses, and court officials.
AI: Fully automatable - AI can fully automate routing and delivery of legal correspondence electronically and arrange physical delivery or e‑filing for routine communications.
Receive and place telephone calls.
AI: Fully automatable - AI voice agents can receive and place routine telephone calls, take messages, and route callers, handling most standard call flows without human intervention.
Schedule and make appointments.
AI: Fully automatable - AI calendaring assistants can schedule, reschedule, and confirm appointments by integrating with calendars and communicating with participants automatically.
Organize and maintain law libraries, documents, and case files.
AI: Fully automatable - AI systems can index, classify, tag, and maintain digital law libraries and case files with automated versioning and advanced search, fully automating routine organization.
Make photocopies of correspondence, documents, and other printed matter.
AI: Fully automatable - AI-connected office workflows can route documents to networked printers or copiers and automate the photocopying process for routine needs.
Prepare and distribute invoices to bill clients or pay account expenses.
AI: Fully automatable - Invoice preparation and electronic distribution are readily automated via billing and accounting integrations and templates.
Draft and type office memos.
AI: Fully automatable - By 2025 LLMs and templates can reliably draft and format office memos with minimal human input.
Submit articles and information from searches to attorneys for review and approval for use.
AI: Fully automatable - AI can perform searches, extract and package articles and documents, and submit them to attorneys for review as part of automated workflows.
Make travel arrangements for attorneys.
AI: Fully automatable - Automated travel assistants can research options, book itineraries, and manage changes based on preferences and policies.
Prepare, proofread, or process legal documents, such as summonses, subpoenas, complaints, appeals, motions, or pretrial agreements.
AI: Partial - AI can draft, proofread, and format many legal documents from templates and precedents, but requires attorney oversight for jurisdictional accuracy and strategic legal decisions.
Assist attorneys in collecting information such as employment, medical, and other records.
AI: Partial - AI can locate records, draft and send requests, and follow up, but collecting sensitive employment or medical records typically requires human-managed consent, verification, and legal compliance.
Complete various forms, such as accident reports, trial and courtroom requests, and applications for clients.
AI: Partial - AI can pre-fill and generate many forms from provided data but often requires human verification for factual, legal, or signature elements.
Review legal publications and perform database searches to identify laws and court decisions relevant to pending cases.
AI: Partial - AI markedly aids legal research and retrieval but cannot be fully trusted without attorney oversight due to jurisdictional nuance and risk of missing critical authorities.
Attend legal meetings, such as client interviews, hearings, or depositions, and take notes.
AI: Partial - AI can transcribe and summarize meetings accurately in many cases, but attending in-person, preserving confidentiality, and capturing legal nuance typically require human oversight.