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How Hard Does It Suck Being a Legal Secretary Now?
Let me count the ways.
How does that old saying go? “Those who can’t do, teach.”
Add to that, “Those who can’t make it as lawyers become politicians.”
As of March 24th, 2020, Ohio is under a “stay in place” order except for those businesses and individuals who have been deemed “essential”.
Guess who’s been deemed essential? That’s right — me, a legal secretary.
I’ve been talking to my sister legal secretaries and honestly, we’re flattered. No one before this has ever bothered to acknowledge that we’re the ones actually doing all the work that keeps the nation’s legal system going.
So, even though I’m 52 years old and care for my 90-year-old mother, I’m going to work.
Because legal secretaries don’t get benefits. In my 30 years of doing this, I have never had a pension, employer-sponsored health insurance or paid time off. I don’t even get sick days.
Nada. Niente. Zip.
This despite the fact that, like physician assistants, we do everything a lawyer does short of actually appearing in the courtroom.
Legal services have been deemed “essential” because most politicians are failed business people and attorneys. Ipso…
