Legal Secretary - Introductory Module

Course Content:

• Lesson 1: the legal office, rules and guidelines, new terminology

• Lesson 3: procedures, accuracy, speed, confidentiality, limitations
• Lesson 4: introduction to where the law comes from, classifications of English law, case law, Acts of Parliament, rules of interpretation, statutes, delegated legislation, European law, European member states
• Lesson 5: legal publications and journals
• Lesson 6: criminal and civil law, the English court structure, the Magistrates Court, the County Court, the Crown Court, the High Court of Justice, the Court of Appeal, the House of Lords – Judicial Committee, the European Court of Justice, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, alternative dispute resolution
• Lesson 7: incoming and outgoing post, the DX system, letters, proof reading, copies, faxes, email, couriers
• Lesson 8: introduction to documentation, documents in draft, endorsement sheets, engrossments, certifying a copy

• Lesson 9: standard documents, document references, forms, specialist software, filing

• Lesson 10: opening files, new clients, solicitor’s accounts, petty cash, time sheets, bills, glossary

• Lesson 2: lawyers, the solicitor, sole practitioners and partnerships, office location, qualifying as a solicitor, The Law Society, the barrister, qualifying as a barrister, the legal executive, support staff

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