Legal Administrative Assistants
Job description
These individuals perform administrative and secretarial tasks in a legal environment.
Main tasks
- Write, edit, and proofread letters and legal documents (notarial deeds, wills, affidavits, briefs, etc.) according to legal procedures and grammatical usage.
- Schedule appointments, meetings, and conferences.
- Establish and maintain filing systems for documents and legal procedures according to current standards.
- Ensure the security of confidential documents.
- Open and distribute incoming mail and other documents.
- Coordinate the flow of information internally and with other departments or agencies.
- Develop and implement work methods.
- Train staff in work methods and the use of common software and supervise their use.
- Take notes at court hearings, meetings, or conferences and transcribe them into shorthand as required.
- Take minutes.
Advancement and mobility
- Legal Administrative Assistants may work with, among others:
- Judges (as judicial assistants)
- Lawyers
- Notaries
- Prosecutors
Hourly wage
The hourly wage is calculated by averaging wages from 2022 to 2024.- Minimum
- $19.78
- Median
- $26.00
- Maximum
- $38.46
Job prospects for 2024-2028
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Job prospects for 2024-2028
Job prospects
All of Québec
Very good
All of Québec
Non available
Total jobs for 2023
All of Québec
8,000
All of Québec
na
Gender distribution
All of Québec
Not available.
- 95.2% Female
- 4.8% Male
Not available.
- 95.2% Female
- 4.8% Male
Job types
All of Québec
Not available.
- Full time
- Part time
Not available.
- Full time
- Part time
Yearly wage on 2020
All of Québec
$51,200
All of Québec
Other characteristics
All of Québec
- Non traditional for men
- None
All of Québec
- Non traditional for men
- None
Sectors of activity
All of Québec
Not available.
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NAICS 5411, 541272% of jobs
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NAICS 9111% of jobs
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NAICS 536% of jobs
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NAICS 812% of jobs
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NAICS 511% of jobs
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Others8% of jobs
All of Québec
Not available.
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NAICS 5411, 541272% of jobs
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NAICS 9111% of jobs
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NAICS 536% of jobs
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NAICS 812% of jobs
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NAICS 511% of jobs
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Others8% of jobs
Training and requirements
Formation
Most training programs are offered in French only.
Secondary
Sometimes required
- Knowledge of the existing computerized system may be required or an asset.
Main skills and characteristics
Skills
- Data collection
- Written expression
- Oral expression
- Information processing
- Reading comprehension
- Active listening
- Critical thought
- Active learning
- Solving complex problems
- Coordination
- Result evaluation
- Time management
- Judgment and decision-making
- Service oriented
Abilities
- Written comprehension
- Oral comprehension
- Written expression
- Verbal skills
- Near vision
- Speech clarity
- Speech recognition
- Awareness of issues
- Information organization
- Deductive reasoning
- Inductive reasoning
- Classification
- Perception speed
- Processing flexibility
Knowledge and attributes
- Capacity to work under pressure
- Knowledge of the French language
- Autonomy
- Spoken and written bilingualism (French and English)
- Versatility
- Rigour
- Sense of initiative
- Attention to detail
- Capacity to be discrete
- Knowledge of laws and policies
- Knowledge of office work
Interests
- Draft, communicate, and inform
- Work in an office
- Assist and advise
- Collect, verify, sort, and classify data or information
Personality profiles (RIASEC)
- Conventional
- People with this profile prefer specific, well-defined tasks. They like to respect the order of things and follow established rules.
- Social
- People with this profile prefer to be in contact with others, in particular to entertain, help or teach them.
- Artistic
- People with this profile prefer to express their emotions and thoughts through various art forms. They like to use their imagination.
Official name of the NOC 13111
Legal administrative assistants
Job titles
- Legal administrative assistant
- Real estate administrative assistant
- Administrative assistant - legal
- Legal assistant
- Administrative assistant - judicial
- Litigation administrative assistant
- Trademark administrative assistant
- Estate administrative assistant
- Commercial law administrative assistant
- Corporate law administrative assistant
- Judicial assistant
- Insurance legal assistant
- Litigation legal assistant
- Corporate records legal assistant
- Commercial law legal assistant
- Legal assistant - criminal law
- Family law legal assistant
- Corporate law legal assistant
- Labour law legal assistant
- Wills and estates legal assistant
- Oil and gas rights legal assistant
- Corporate finance legal assistant
- Tax legal assistant
- Foreclosures legal assistant
- Mortgage and real estate legal assistant
- Collection legal assistant
- Legal stenographer
Skill type
Business, finance and administration
Last update: January 29, 2026
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