Business & Finance
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
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.
Median salary (BLS)
$55,570
10th–90th percentile (BLS)
$37k – $92k
Job outlook
No separate BLS projection for this specific role
AI exposure
Early-career check: graduates of the matching programs below typically earn $112,000 ten years after starting college — an early-career figure, vs. the all-experience BLS median above. Source: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard.
Plan a path to Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
Education
Typical entry: Associate degree
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Junior Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
Entry / Junior
$36,500
~2 yrs to advance
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
Established
$55,570
~3 yrs to advance
Senior Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
Senior
$73,650
Key skills
A typical day
- •Organize and maintain law libraries, documents, and case files.
- •Mail, fax, or arrange for delivery of legal correspondence to clients, witnesses, and court officials.
- •Prepare and distribute invoices to bill clients or pay account expenses.
- •Prepare, proofread, or process legal documents, such as summonses, subpoenas, complaints, appeals, motions, or pretrial agreements.
- •Make photocopies of correspondence, documents, and other printed matter.
Fields of study
Any field
Top colleges for Business & Finance
Explore all- University of Pennsylvania6% admit · $112,000 grad pay
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology4% admit · $124,000 grad pay
- Harvard University4% admit · $119,000 grad pay
- University of California, Berkeley11% admit · $97,000 grad pay
- New York University12% admit · $84,000 grad pay
Reputation-based selection; stats shown are outcome data per school.