Legal Secretarial

Course Objective:

To provide you with the essential skills to start a career as a legal secretary with confidence.

Course Content:

► Computer Keyboard Skills – Learn how to touch type accurately, using the correct keyboard technique

► Keyboard Speed Development – Develop your typing speed to improve productivity using graded copying exercises and timed dictations. A number of stages are available, taking you up to a speed of 70 wpm

► Effective Business Communication – Learn to communicate effectively in business – by letter, email, telephone and personal presentations

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► Business Document Production – Develop skills and understanding of routine and complex business documents

► Audio Transcription – Learn to type from audio dictation using a variety of correspondence e.g. memos, reports and letters

► Microsoft Word – Learn word processing skills to a good business standard

► Microsoft Word Expert – Learn advanced word processing skills including mail merge, graphs, macros, creating an index, table of contents and more

► Microsoft Excel – Learn spreadsheet skills to a good business standard

► Microsoft PowerPoint – Gain competency in creating slide presentations. Areas covered include formatting, inserting tables, pictures, sound, hyperlinks, and applying transition and timing effects to a slide show

► Microsoft Outlook – Learn how to share, manage and schedule information electronically

► Legal Secretarial – An Introduction – Gain an introduction to the work, responsibilities, practice, and structure of a legal office, including rules and guidelines, terminology, legal personnel, the court system and documentation covering different legal specialisations

► Legal Secretarial Modules – TWO of your choice. Discuss the options (see Elective Subjects) available with your course advisor

Recommended Electives – choose One

► Internet Skills

► Microsoft Access

► Office Fast Modules 1 – 3

► Office Fast Modules 4 - 6

► Health & Safety Essentials

► Go… Make A Difference

► Go… Get That Job!

► Legal Secretarial - Conveyancing

► Legal Secretarial – Wills & Probate

► Legal Secretarial – Criminal Law

► Legal Secretarial – Company Law

► Legal Secretarial – Family Law

► Legal Secretarial – Civil Litigation

Benefits:

► Equip you to start a new career

► The flexibility and value of a self-study course designed to enable you to work at your own pace

► Personalised workbooks to use as a reference guide on completion of your training

► The opportunity to gain a Pitman Training Diploma that is recognised nationally and internationally by employers