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The Job profile and Responsibilities of Legal Staff in a Law Firm
by Harrison Barnes, Managing Director - BCG Attorney Search

What are the duties of a legal staff?
A legal firm legal staff is determined by the size of the law firm. Law firms vary widely in size. The smallest law firms are sole proprietorships which have one lawyer working for himself. In this case, he has no employees, let alone a secretary. The duties of a legal staff are many. However, they depend on various contexts, and mainly the size and the specialization of a law firm. Before dwelling on the subject too much, of all legal staff duties it is important to understand the context of the size and types of law firms.
The type of law firms in the sector follow a certain system called an arrangement. The commonplace arrangements include the following;
- Sole proprietorship; this is wherein the attorney is the owner of the firm and he is overall in the liability, loss and profit of the firm.
- General partnership is whereby all the attorneys in the firm are entitled to an equal share of the firm’s loss, liability and profits.
- Corporations that address attorneys like a corporation. These corporations mainly deal with very high profile cases and may represent government officials.
There are other forms of law firms set up, however these are the commonplace ones. The role of the legal staff in these firms is to carryout the legal processes. These processes are the business of the law firm. It could be representing a client, advising the client or going to court to represent a client. These are the roles of the legal staff. Lawyers in fact are legal experts whose role in society is immense. They are intermediaries between the citizenry, and justice lawyers advise people and corporations about their rights. The role of the legal staff may also vary with the clientele, especially if the clientele is a niche clientele. Such eventualities are as a result of the law firm specializing in types of laws. This could be criminal law, corporate law, etc.
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