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.