For a young attorney, working with a legal secretary may be one of the most challenging parts of your job.
The days of ordering your secretary to get you coffee or wait at your beck and call are mostly long gone (unless you’re a senior partner). While you may believe that you are higher up in the pecking order given your JD, your secretary who has 30 years with the firm and has seen plenty of green associates come and go may peg you as being a little further down (i.e., at the very bottom of) the food chain.
As a result, young attorneys may be faced with a challenging situation in which they have to direct and lead secretaries and other legal support staff who may be much older and more experienced than they are.
Here are three tips for working with your legal secretary in a way that she or he won’t resent you:
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Editor’s Note, March 5, 2015: This post was first published in December 2012. It has since been updated.
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