Legal Assistants help lawyers prepare for closings, hearings, trials, and corporate meetings. Legal Assistants investigate the facts of cases and make sure that all pertinent information is considered. They identify appropriate laws, judicial decisions, legal articles, and other materials that are applicable to assigned cases. After they examine and arrange the information, Legal Assistants may prepare written reports that attorneys use in determining how cases should be handled. Legal Assistants may help prepare the legal arguments, draft pleadings and motions to be filed with the court, obtain affidavits, and assist attorneys during trials. Legal Assistants also organize and track files of all important case documents and make them obtainable and easily accessible to attorneys. More information