Legal Secretary/Legal Assistant Certificate Program
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Course Overview
This training program combines a two course training track:
Legal Secretary Microsoft Office Specialist 2013 Legal secretaries perform clerical duties at law firms and other legal offices. Unlike regular secretaries, legal secretaries require extensive knowledge of legal proceedings and documentation. They may do factual or legal research at all levels of a case and will often organize meetings, appointments and dates for attorneys. Law firms will continue to be the largest employers of paralegals, but many large corporations are increasing their in-house legal departments to cut costs. For many companies, the high cost of lawyers and their support staff makes it much more economical to have an in-house legal department rather than to retain outside counsel. This will lead to an increase in the demand of legal workers in a variety of settings, such as finance and insurance firms, consulting firms, and health care providers.Program Objectives
After completing this course you should be able to:
Define the job description of a legal secretary
Identify correct billing and accounting methods
Define terminology of the court
Recognize types of contracts and torts
Identify types of business partnerships
Define types of wills and trusts
Identify the steps for creating, formatting, saving, and printing a Word document
Identify the steps for inserting media into a document including images, text, charts, and tables
Identify the steps for implementing themes, templates, and document building blocks
Identify the steps to perform a mail merge
Identify the steps for securing and sharing a document
Job Outlook
Overall employment of secretaries and administrative assistants is expected to grow 12 percent from 2010 to 2020, about as fast as the average for all occupations. Among specialties, medical secretaries is the only occupation that is expected to have much-faster-than-average employment growth. This is driven by the rapid growth of the healthcare industry. Overall, the majority of job openings will result from the need to replace workers who leave these occupations.
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