Business Technology Courses: Legal Secretarial Course with Shorthand

Why study the Legal Secretarial Course with Shorthand?
This course is a two year course for students who wish to take three or four A-levels plus the Legal Secretaries Course with Shorthand. It does not lead to an ILEX qualification see ILEX Diploma for Legal Secretaries. You will learn how to produce legal documents and learn legal terminology as part of the OCR Certificate/Diploma in Text Production at levels 2 and 3, plus you will learn shorthand.

What will I study?

Teeline shorthand theory and speed development to 40-50wpm in the first year and in the second year speed development between 70-100wpm.
OCR Text Processing Certificate/Diploma Levels 2 and 3 which includes:
- text production
- word processing
- legal text processing
- legal word processing
- legal audio transcription
- business presentations (PowerPoint)

Where does the Legal Secretarial Course with Shorthand take me?

On completion of this course, you can pursue a career as a Legal Secretary. Palmer's College has strong links with legal firms in London and locally and our students are offered placements with these firms each year.

What do I need?

You will need the standard entry qualifications for level 3 courses but GCSE English at C or above is essential.