Legal Secretary Diploma

The legal system is very complicated in itself for any given country. A common stereotype is that a lawyer or solicitor often goes mad during law school given the amount of information they have to remember. This is why they need the extra help in their management department, in the shape of a legal secretary. Using this Legal Secretary Diploma course you can now develop your skills in the highly demanding law industry.

Like all good materials, this course starts out by giving you a brief introduction into the world of a legal secretary and what they do. Following that you find out the different skills needed for a legal secretary including basic computer knowledge, teamwork and attention to detail. You will also learn about general duties of a legal secretary and how the day to day operation commences. This course will further teach you about managing meetings, keeping records with a different filing system, developing research skills, managing transcription for judges and provide tips on writing and proofreading. Furthermore, you will understand the basic understanding of how legal system works in the UK, the courts of UK including Scotland and Northern Ireland, and observe daily tasks from someone who has been there done that.

Overall this is a great course for you to make certain you make it as a legal secretary.

People interested in working for law firms or courts

Professionals interested in pursuing a job in the legal industry

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COURSE CURRICULUM

Legal Secretary

• Introduction to Legal Secretary
• Role of Legal Secretaries
• General Duties and Day-to-Day Operations of a Legal Secretary
• Record Keeping
• Legal Writing Skills & Proofreading
• Research Skills You Need to Know
• Transcription, Editing & Correspondence to Judges
• Legal System of UK
• UK Court System

Meeting Management & Minute Taking

• Meeting Management
• The Role of a Minute-Taker
• The Skills of a Minute-Taker
• Meeting Agreements
• Minute Styles
• What Do I Record?
• Techniques for Preparing Minutes
• Taking Minutes in an Interactive Meeting
• The Minute Book
• What to include/what to ignore
• Motions and Resolutions
• Method of recording minutes
• Reasons for Meeting
• What is a decision?
• Minute Taking tips

Other Secretarial Roles and Responsibilities

• Working with Your Manager
• Administrative Soft Skills
• Effective Time Management
• Tools of the Trade
• Being an Effective Gatekeeper
• Organizational Skills
• Confidentiality Guidelines
• Special Tasks

Customer Service Role

• Introduction To Customer Service
• The Power of Positive Thinking in Customer Service
• Types of Difficult Customers and How to Help them
• How to Deal with Difficult Customers

Telephone Etiquette

• Aspects of Phone Etiquette
• Using Proper Phone Language
• Eliminate Phone Distractions
• Inbound Calls
• Outbound Calls
• Handling Rude or Angry Callers
• Handling Interoffice Calls
• Methods of Training Employees
• Correcting Poor Telephone Etiquette

Organizing Work Using MS Word

• Opening
• Working with the Interface
• Your First Document
• Basic Editing Tasks
• Basic Formatting Tasks
• Formatting Paragraphs
• Advanced Formatting Tasks
• Working with Styles
• Formatting the Page
• Sharing Your Document

Proof Reading

• Introduction to Proofreading
• What does a Proofreader do?
• Proofreading
• Proofreading Symbols
• Proofreading on Paper & Screen
• Strategies to Check for Specific Errors
• Editing & Proofreading Strategies
• Proofreading an Essay

Assessment and Certification:

Upon completion of the course, you will be required to sit an online multiple-choice test. Your test will be assessed automatically and the results will be given to you immediately. Before sitting your final exam you will have the opportunity to test your proficiency with a mock exam. After you have successfully passed the final exam, you will be able to order an Accredited Certificate of Achievement at an additional cost of GBP24 for a PDF copy and GBP39 for an original print copy sent to you by post.

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