Law secretary vs attorney law clerk

The differences between law secretaries and attorney law clerks can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, an attorney law clerk has an average salary of $112,527, which is higher than the $39,445 average annual salary of a law secretary.

The top three skills for a law secretary include scheduling appointments, litigation and law firm. The most important skills for an attorney law clerk are litigation, discovery responses, and settlement agreements.

Law secretary vs attorney law clerk overview

	Law Secretary	Attorney Law Clerk
Yearly salary	$39,445	$112,527
Hourly rate	$18.96	$54.10
Growth rate	-8%	10%
Number of jobs	9,261	72,641
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 43%	Doctoral Degree, 46%
Average age	54	41
Years of experience	4	-

Law secretary vs attorney law clerk salary

Law secretaries and attorney law clerks have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Law Secretary	Attorney Law Clerk
Average salary	$39,445	$112,527
Salary range	Between $20,000 And $77,000	Between $72,000 And $174,000
Highest paying City	-	Washington, DC
Highest paying state	-	New York
Best paying company	-	Reed Smith
Best paying industry	-	Professional

Differences between law secretary and attorney law clerk education

There are a few differences between a law secretary and an attorney law clerk in terms of educational background:

	Law Secretary	Attorney Law Clerk
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 43%	Doctoral Degree, 46%
Most common major	Business	Law
Most common college	University of Pennsylvania	Stanford University

Law secretary vs attorney law clerk demographics

Here are the differences between law secretaries' and attorney law clerks' demographics:

	Law Secretary	Attorney Law Clerk
Average age	54	41
Gender ratio	Male, 12.7% Female, 87.3%	Male, 53.5% Female, 46.5%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 7.5% Unknown, 4.0% Hispanic or Latino, 13.2% Asian, 2.7% White, 71.8% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.9%	Black or African American, 9.4% Unknown, 8.0% Hispanic or Latino, 17.8% Asian, 10.3% White, 54.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%
LGBT Percentage	15%	13%

Differences between law secretary and attorney law clerk duties and responsibilities

Law secretary example responsibilities.

Perform administrative tasks for managing partner and trial attorney at a medical malpractice litigation firm including daily transcription and stenography.
Perform secretarial functions including expense reports, spreadsheets, PowerPoint presentations, and correspondence.
Handle subpoenas, set up depositions, maintain billing to clients and other various responsibilities.
Answer and propound discovery/mandatory disclosure/financial affidavits.
Answer and propound discovery/mandatory disclosure/financial affidavits.

Attorney law clerk example responsibilities.

Draft motions, answers, memos, subpoenas, and client letters for a criminal defense attorney.
Conduct a general civil and commercial litigation practice, providing co- representation to either plaintiff or defendant parties in civil litigation.
Draft various motions, interrogatories, letters, memorandum, petitions, and jury charges in both civil and legal fields.
Draft real estate documents, wills and trusts, interrogatories, requests for admissions, and answers and objections to discovery.
Litigate contested probate matters and guardianship proceedings.
Conduct and defend depositions in contest probate proceedings.

Law secretary vs attorney law clerk skills

Common law secretary skills

Scheduling Appointments, 25%
Litigation, 20%
Law Firm, 13%
Court Dates, 11%
Subpoenas, 7%
Real Estate, 3%

Common attorney law clerk skills

Litigation, 17%
Discovery Responses, 13%
Settlement Agreements, 5%
Pre-Trial Motions, 5%
Legal Issues, 4%
Legal Memoranda, 4%