Duration:
10 hrs
Legal Secretary Certification Level 3
Legal Secretary Certification Level 3
Working in the legal sector doesn’t require you to be a lawyer. Legal secretaries provide essential support to solicitors, assisting them to manage their case load, organise their diaries and organise their offices. This work often includes contact with clients.
The legal secretary certificate programme entails 15 hours of study, which will give you the tools, skills and knowledge necessary, in order to apply for a secretarial position in a legal firm or upgrade your team members’ existing skills.
Upon successful completion of the course, you will be awarded an industry-recognised certificate. Potential employers can verify your certificate on our website.
What’s covered in the course?
The legal secretary certificate provides you with essential information and advice, to ensure that you are productive in this role within any legal firm. Some of the aspects that you can expect to learn when taking the course online include:
- The role of the legal secretary: what you will be expected to do and the general duties;
- The practice of basic legal proofreading and report writing skills;
- The importance of client confidentiality;
- Knowledge of the English legal system;
- The various court systems and structures;
- An understanding of legal aid and who is eligible for this benefit;
- Civil litigation;
- Improved word processing and audio (listening) skills;
- A working knowledge of wills and probate law, land and conveyancing practice, enabling you to be more involved and provide your team with the best possible support;
- Family law, criminal law, company and business law and licensing laws;
- Appeals, judicial reviews and case stated;
- A glossary of legal terms;
- Advice on how to find legal secretary positions and prepare for an interview.
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Who can take the Legal Secretary Certification Level 3 course?
There are no entry requirements to take the course.
What is the structure of the course?
The course has 17 modules and should take 10 hours. Each module takes between 20 and 90 minutes on average to complete, although students can spend as much or as little time as they feel necessary on the modules.
Where / when can the course be studied?
The course can be studied at any time and from any internet-connected device.
Is there a test at the end of the course?
Once you have completed the course there is a multiple choice test. The questions will be on a range of topics found within the modules. The test, like the course, is online and can be taken at a time and location of your choosing.
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