Legal Administration Courses and Career Prospects

Legal administrators provide a supporting role towards other professional staff in the law profession. The duties involved in this role can include office administration, client correspondence and working on behalf of solicitors and other legal executives.

Legal administration courses are designed to enable you to work in a legal environment or to prepare for a career in the legal profession. In addition to developing your technical skills in a range of office-related areas, you will have a specialist focus on legal practice. You will develop Microsoft Office skills alongside fast and accurate typing. On completion of the course, you will feel confident about working in any general office or legal environment and have developed strong individual and team skills.

Legal Administration Courses Career Prospects

Graduates from legal administration courses can pursue a career in one of the following legal professions;

• Legal Executive
• Law Clerk
• Paralegal
• Legal Secretary
• Legal departments of government, insurance or banking
• Compliance departments of business

Legal Administration Courses Content

Legal admin courses will contain some or all of the following content (subject to variation depending on the provider)

• Legal Practice and Procedures
• Business Law
• Criminal Law
• Communications
• Work Experience
• Text Production with Data Entry
• Audio Transcription
• Spreadsheets
• Word Processing

Resources

Pitman Training Legal Secretary Diploma – The Pitman Training Diploma will give you the skills required for this career– from typing skills (speed and audio); to total mastery of the most common business software; to business communication techniques. Choose from a range of Legal modules such as Conveyancing, Wills & Probate, Civil Litigation, Company and Family Law. – Pitman Training Ireland

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