However, many of the documents they prepare must follow strict guidelines. Thus legal secretaries must know the specialized format for legal documents. For example, some pleadings must be on legal size paper while other must be on regular size. Some of the documents that legal secretaries prepare are subpoenas, complaints, and motions. Secretaries also must know how long to wait between filing certain legal documents.
Some legal secretaries read legal journals and assist with legal research.
Legal secretaries are supervised by attorneys. Legal Secretaries is in the Business, Management, and Finance Career Cluster.