22 Things Your Virtual Legal Assistant Can Do For You
This list is by no means exhaustive, but here’s a great starting list of tasks your virtual legal assistant can perform for your law practice:
- Draft Affidavits and motion materials
- Draft initial retainer letter to a new client
- Proofread and format a court document
- Research caselaw and provide summarizing memorandum
- Update and manage your calendar
- Review transcripts and highlight critical text
- Type handwritten notes from a meeting or seminar
- Convert files into PDF format
- Balance a monthly bank statement
- Delete spam accumulated in your email account overnight
- Sort/answer and/or redirect email messages
- Transcribe voice messages
- Make calls to confirm your appointments, engagements, or reservations
- Create a database
- Build an email distribution list
- Create a basic sales flyer or postcard
- Create a PowerPoint presentation
- Setup the process for a monthly newsletter
- Build a custom spreadsheet
- Follow up research on a client, prospect, applicant, or competitor
- Book hotel, rental car, and/or travel reservations
- Mail merge marketing letters
Laurie Mapp, Owner of Halo Secretarial Services Virtual Legal Assistant Extraordinaire (and I make a mean cupcake too!)
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[...] virtual legal assistant can take on so many tasks and projects for your practice, that the benefits might seem obvious. Still, it’s never a bad idea to analyze the benefits [...]
February 17th, 2009 at 3:58 pm -
[...] A virtual legal assistant (aka virtual paralegal or virtual assistant specializing in legal assistance) can provide a truly wonderful solution to a lawyer’s needs. A virtual legal assistant is an independent business owner who will provide basically any services an in-house legal assistant or paralegal would provide, but the services will be provided on a contract basis. You may hire the VLA to work on an hourly basis, a per project basis or some other arrangement that is mutually agreeable. If you need some information about what services a virtual legal assistant can perform take a look at this list. [...]
March 24th, 2009 at 9:06 am
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