COURSE DATES
Choose your time slot:
Monday - Friday 11:00 am - 16:00 pm (one week only plus follow up practice for exam): - Monday 2nd August
Saturday 14:00 pm - 18:00 pm (for five weeks plus follow up home practice for exam) - Saturday 11th September 2010 start
OBJECTIVES
To provide a good basic understanding of the fundamental legal system and the role of a Legal practice in the environment. To perform a broad variety of related practical functions to create job readiness.
COURSE CONTENT
1. Introduction to Law session
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. Practical application, test and appraisal.
12. Certification.
COURSE REQUIREMENT
Some general secretarial experience with established skills in
MS Word and/or quality
secretarial training
