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LEGAL EXECUTIVES
What is a Legal Executive?
A Legal Executive is a person skilled in one or more aspects
of law and employed in the legal profession or the commercial world.
Legal Executives are fee or income producers without the LLB qualification,
but usually hold the New Zealand Law Society Legal Executive qualification.
They attend to a wide range of legal work, generally specialising
in one or more of the following: residential and/or commercial conveyancing,
estate administration and litigation.
Experienced Legal Executives can achieve a high degree of autonomy
and independence. Their work is people-orientated and requires them
to have the same high ethical standards as Barristers and Solicitors.
They are told many things in confidence and have to apply tact,
sympathy, patience and understanding to resolving clients' problems
and giving them appropriate advice.
Definition of a Legal Executive
"Legal Executive"
means a person who:
- holds the NZLS Legal Executive Qualification or
has before 31 December 2000 been exempted by the Council from
holding it; or
- holds such other qualification as may be approved
by the Council from time to time; and
- is in full time Qualifying Employment; or
- at the discretion of the Council, is in part time
Qualifying Employment; and whose work involves the giving of advice
and the provision of services of a legal nature to clients that
enables her or his employer to charge fees for such advice provided
that this does not include a person employed solely as a secretary,
typist, clerk, search clerk, filing clerk, registration clerk,
trust accountant, office accountant, office manager or practice
manager;
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