LEGAL SECRETARY COURSE

Our unique fast-track Legal Secretarial Course is designed for people with existing Secretarial and/or PA skills or who have already completed Souters Secretarial training.

You are required to have some typing and audio skills, all of which can be trained elsewhere in our curriculum if needed.

The course provides quality background training in legal industry structure and basic legal concepts; it is however primarily a practical module. It is ideal for temporary staff looking to apply for legal roles

More in-depth study of the specific areas such as Business Law , Conveyancing, Litigation etc. can be obtained by taking individual legal modules if you want to progress to a more detailed level of study and Diploma. Click here for Souters Law Courses

The course includes a variety of assessments including competence accreditation in related IT training packages such as Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint etc., typing and audio skills. In short it confirms what an employer needs to know at core about your skills so that your CV will be prioritised in any job assessment environment.

Fast Track entry course for experienced or well trained secretaries. The course is designed to be a credit if you go on for a full Diploma. It is ideal for temporary staff looking to apply for legal roles

Course Requirement:

Typing ability

Audio skills

Previous secretarial experience OR

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CONTENT

1. Introduction to Law

2. The Legal Industry explained:

• Magic Circle and City
• High Street
• In house

3. The Law Office

• Partners
• Fee Earners
• Paralegals
• Legal secretaries

4. Departmental functions: 

• Conveyancing/Property
• Criminal Litigation
• Civil and Commercial Litigation
• Employment and Health and Safety
• Corporate and Commercial Law (COCO)
• Intellectual Property
• Family
• Wills, probate

5. Explanation of office procedures; speciality software and databases. Time recording. Invoicing

6. Forms processing and completion-Practical session.*

7. Document presentation and engrossment-Practical session.* 

8. Proofreading*

9. Use of audio and application in the office. Digital audio systems. 

10. Practice audio typing session*. 

11. Generic skills assessment( for students who have not done our  standard Secretarial courses)

• MS Office skills
• Typing
• Audio

11. Practical application test and appraisal.

12. Certification.

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* Real life Practical sessions accurately simulating day-to-day legal secretary functions