Legal Assistant Personal Statement

Thank you for the opportunity to reinforce my qualifications for the Legal Assistant position in the form of this writing sample.

In addition to the hard skills and demonstrated ability provided on my resume, I am exceptionally qualified for the Legal Assistant position with the Port's office of the General Counsel team due to the advantage of my “soft skills” set.

My need for “personal betterment” drives me to continually learn and ask questions. As we discussed, my career in the legal industry began when producing documents and creating copy sets involved a great deal of paper. My involvement in the paperless transition came at a time when eDiscovery was intimidating to many, myself included. To succeed in this changing environment, I