[Paved Paradise]

Secretaries have always been underrated. Nowadays a person thinks just because he/she can plunk away at a keyboard that THAT makes them a secretary. Not so. In the old days, especially for legal secretaries, you had to be very intelligent AND a fast typist.

[KoRn]

"Secretaries have always been underrated. Nowadays a person thinks just because he/she can plunk away at a keyboard that THAT makes them a secretary."

Sad but true. Unfortunately, good 'office skills' seem to be lost on people. It amazes me how so many 'educated' people I interact with every day can barely communicate professionally. Many of the younger people fresh out of school lack so much common sense, I'd almost call them neanderthals. Every now and then you'll find a good one.

[Bruce Campbells Chin]

The thing is that you just don't need as many as you used to, and that's being proven across the legal industry. Many attorneys, particularly the younger ones, draft their own documents. Word processing programs make it easier to format them, and you can email or electronically file documents yourself with little additional effort.

Secretaries are still great for organization things, transcribing dictation, cover letters, etc. But the workload per attorney is just a lot less now.