There are many types of legal documents, letters etc that are typed every day. Should legal typing be done only by a specialist? Well not necessarily if you are good at words and typing. But remember that in a legal document every word matters and one cannot afford to make mistakes. So it is better to get it done from a legal typist or a professional transcription specialist.
Nowadays many legal processes only requires ready made legal forms to be filled by the client and he does not have to spend money and see a lawyer just to get the format of a legal form say for example format for a “Power of Attorney” form. These forms can even be downloaded online. But typing a letter or legal transcription work is different and more difficult. Here one has to depend on a paralegal staff, a legal secretary or it may require the services of a specialized legal transcriptionist. Lawyers dictate legal letters sometimes over the telephone for the professional transcriptionists who later will listen to the recordings and prepare perfect transcripts of these dictations. Actually there are a range of transcription specialties available today like verbatim transcription, court proceedings transcription, and more.
Legal typing can be done for various documents such as,
Draftsman Bills
Land Registry application
Instructions to Counsel
Minutes transcription
Affidavits
Contracts Wills typing
Leases
Advice transcription
Today legalese is on the decrease and everyone is encouraged to participate in the legal process and documents are being simplified to make it understandable to the common man. However one cannot forget the degree of perfection of words that must make up a legal document.