Virtual legal secretaries are becoming more in demand as the world transitions to hybrid and remote work models. If you’ve been exploring the idea of hiring virtual legal secretaries, you might be wondering if it makes sense both fiscally and logistically to do so.
In this blog, I dive into the financial and practical reasons why outsourcing to a virtual legal secretary instead of hiring a full-time legal secretary is a good option for any law practice.
What’s The Role Of A Virtual Legal Secretary?
Before we dive into the benefits of outsourcing to virtual legal secretaries, let’s cover what their role looks like. While this may come as a surprise, the role is as hands-on as it would be if your full-time legal secretary were based in-house.
The duties they would cover include legal research and writing, data entry, transcription, bookkeeping, email inbox management, contract management, setting up appointments and sending appointment reminders, answering phones and much more. There is a lot that your virtual legal secretary can take off your hands to free up your time.
Save Money And Time
Let’s get straight into the most burning question you have: does it save me money? In short, yes, you stand to save a lot of money by outsourcing to a virtual legal secretary as opposed to someone in the office.
Since virtual legal secretaries are independent contractors, you won’t need to worry about UIF, PAYE, employee benefits or infrastructure costs. In addition to the savings, a lot of your time will open up for you to focus on income-generating activities.
Improved Customer Experience
While there are many benefits to you hiring a virtual legal secretary, there is also great benefit brought to your valued clients. Since you have someone dedicated to managing your practice admin, they will be able to attend to your clients swiftly and efficiently.
Enhanced Business Efficiency
As a whole, your practice and procedures will become much faster and more efficient and your clients will feel well taken care of by your team. Since virtual legal secretaries are known to be adept with the latest technologies, they have the ability to assess and streamline your whole operation through clever technology applications.
Where To Find A Trustworthy Virtual Legal Secretary
If you’re looking to reduce your costs and project turnaround time, improve your practice efficiency and provide a better client experience, then you’re ready to work with a virtual legal secretary.
If you’re a South African legal firm owner, you can reach out to me, Stephanie, at The Virtual Legal Secretary. I have 38 years of experience in the legal field and have supported over 10 law firms with my professional services. Please contact me today to see how I can assist you.