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What are the Different Types of Virtual Legal Assistants?

Based on their roles and responsibilities, legal assistants can be broadly classified as follows:

Corporate Legal Assistants
The beginner-level corporate legal assistants are generally college graduates who work under the guidance of corporate lawyers in offering legal solutions to clients. The roles and responsibilities vary relying on the segment to which the virtual legal assistant is allocated. The practice areas comprise one or more of the following: bank finance; workouts, bankruptcy, and capital markets; energy infrastructure, asset finance, and project; and acquisitions and mergers. They become familiar with corporate transactions, offer corporate research assistance, and learn the basics of progressing in a team ecosystem.

Litigation Legal Assistants
Litigation legal assistants operate in competition practice and dispute groups. Our training helps groom virtual legal assistants with a diversity of skills such as how to perform factual research, how to manage cases, how to engage in a trial formulation like attending trials, e-discovery, how to cite check memoranda, and handle appellate proceedings. They employ such skills and relevant technology to meet client requirements and get the chance to work in close association with distinct lawyers on different matters. These legal assistants are usually given plenty of responsibility for their matters. The ones who have had good experiences give credit to our good training, mentor program, and opportunities to contribute and lead on their cases.

Evening Legal Assistants
The legal assistants recruited to work on the evening team generally operate from 4:00 PM to midnight and are involved in late-night rotations to manage post-midnight assignments as required. They handle projects constantly, like file organization, closing set preparation, case file maintenance, records submissions, and trial and data room preparation. Evening legal assistants are cognizant of the latest technology and tools to satisfy lawyer and client demands with maximum effectiveness.

Senior Legal Assistants
Legal assistants who have acquired a quality skill set illustrated the capability to handle a diversity of matters and shown great dedication to the firm and its clients are entitled to be appointed senior legal assistants. Generally, they have worked for 3+ years as virtual legal assistants.

Why Should You Hire Legal Assistants from VE?

Legal assistants lend a helping hand to lawyers and legal firms. From maintaining legal documents to updating case files, from searching through past judgments to writing legal drafts — there is a range of functions that virtual legal assistants can undertake. However, finding a qualified legal assistant to understand legal nuances is difficult, if not entirely impossible. Moreover, they can also be quite expensive.

At Virtual Employee, one of the best legal assistant companies in India, you get dedicated legal assistants who have graduated from top law schools in India and are proficient in various legal domains. Our legal professionals take care of all your back-office work, including the intake process, making calls, diary management, travel bookings, general email replies, invoicing, calendar management, e-filing, deadline tracking, scheduling meetings, and arrangements with witnesses and clients. Our virtual legal assistants at VE work with tight schedules and strict adherence to deadlines, making the legal processes seamless and hassle-free for you.

Hire specialists and get virtual legal assistant services in the following domains:

• Personal Injury Law
• Immigration Law
• Civil Law
• Family Law
• Intellectual Property Law
• Corporate Law
• Criminal Law
• Employment Law
• Taxation Law
• Insurance Law
• Environment Law
• Entertainment Law
• Real Estate Law
• Medical Technology Law
• Bankruptcy Law

How Does a Paralegal Differ from a Legal Assistant?

Even though their responsibilities often coincide, paralegals and legal assistants perform different duties. However, in the past two decades, the American Bar Association has wished to make paralegals and legal assistants distinct from each other. A virtual legal assistant provides secretarial and administrative assistance, whereas a paralegal does a lot of legal work under a lawyer’s supervision. Virtual legal assistants tend to positively impact the overall office efficiency and client communication while paralegals perform tasks like document drafting, comprehensive research, and handling trial matters. The virtual legal assistant role fits anywhere between a paralegal and a legal secretary, generally able to undertake neighboring duties if needed.