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Legal and related associate professionals
Legal and related associate professionals perform support functions in courts of law or in law offices, provide services related to such legal matters as insurance contracts, the transferring of property and the granting of loans and other financial transactions or conduct investigations for clients.
Role Responsibilities
- Investigating possible cases of theft of goods, money or information from business establishments and of other possible cases of unlawful behaviour by customers or employees
- Advising clients on legal matters
- Investigating facts, assembling evidence and researching relevant statutes, decisions and other legal documents to prepare cases
- Investigating establishments or the circumstances and behaviour of persons on behalf of clients
- Serving statements of claims, summonses, warrants, subpoenas and other court orders
- Examining documentation such as mortgages, liens, judgements, easements, contracts and maps in order to verify properties’ legal descriptions and ownership
- Preparing legal documents including trial briefs, pleadings, appeals, wills and contracts, and preparing papers summarizing legal positions or setting out conditions of loans or insurance
- Preparing documents relating to transfer of real estate, stocks or other matters requiring formal registration
- Maintaining order in court and hearing rooms
- Documenting court proceedings and judgements