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Legal Typing Test

Legal documents are dense with vocabulary you'd never see in a regular typing test — plaintiff, jurisdiction, interrogatories, stare decisis.

Time3:00
WPM0
Acc100%
litigant maybe civil motion regulatory courtroom high statute exhibit hereby enact court warrant doctrine the admissible shall of is injunction petitioner doctrine constitutional with during injunction jury could relevan

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Why this test matters

Legal secretaries, paralegals, court reporters, and litigation-support staff type vocabulary so distinct from general English that a strong generic WPM doesn't predict legal-specific speed. The wordlist below draws from courtroom procedure, civil and criminal vocabulary, contract and tort terminology, and the formal connective phrases ('pursuant to', 'hereby', 'notwithstanding') that thread through legal writing. The 3-minute format mirrors the standard paralegal hiring audition. Expect a 15-25% drop from your generic prose WPM at first; the gap closes with practice on this specific dialect within a few weeks. If you work in a law-adjacent role, sustained 65+ WPM on this test at 97%+ accuracy is the realistic professional benchmark.

Frequently asked questions

Why is legal typing so much slower than general typing?
Legal vocabulary uses long words, Latin terms, and formal phrases. Less common bigram overlap with everyday English.
What WPM should a paralegal hit?
65+ WPM at 97%+ accuracy on legal-specific content. 80+ for litigation paralegals doing real-time work.
Is this representative of actual court documents?
Yes — the vocabulary draws from real pleading and motion language. Court reporters work at much higher speeds on stenotype.

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