Legal Secretary and PA Training
Legal Secretary and PA Training
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1 Year Access 
Intermediate
10 Students -
1 day, 11 hours
Introduction
Working as a Legal Secretary at a law firm requires meticulous organisational skills and a lot of attention to detail. The core skills for a Legal Secretary include PA responsibilities, administrative duties, diary management, client liaison, executive support, proofreading, audio or copy typing, minute taking, modifying of documents, and much more.
Course description
The Legal Secretary and PA Training is designed to help you master the core skills of a Legal Secretary. You’ll understand the organisational aspects of the job and what involved in successfully administering a legal service or law firms.
On completion, you’ll be able to set yourself apart as an in-demand secretarial professional in the legal field and develop the ability to work on multiple projects and cases at one time.
Course design
The course is delivered through our online learning platform, accessible through any internet-connected device. There are no formal deadlines or teaching schedules, meaning you are free to study the course at your own pace.
You are taught through a combination of
- Video lessons
- Online study materials
- Mock exams
- Multiple-choice assessment
How is the course assessed?
To successfully complete the course you must pass an automated, multiple-choice assessment. The assessment is delivered through our online learning platform. You will receive the results of your assessment immediately upon completion.
Will I receive a certificate of completion?
Upon successful completion you will qualify for the UK and internationally-recognised certificate and you can choose to make your achievement formal by obtaining your PDF Certificate at a cost of £9 and Hardcopy Certificate for £15.
Why study this course
Whether you’re an existing practitioner or aspiring professional, this course will enhance your expertise and boost your CV with key skills and an accredited qualification attesting to your knowledge.
The Legal Secretary and PA Training is open to all, with no formal entry requirements. All you need is a passion for learning, a good understanding of the English language, numeracy and IT, and to be over the age of 16.
Course Curriculum
| Legal Secretary | |||
| Introduction to Legal Secretary | 00:15:00 | ||
| Role of Legal Secretaries | 00:15:00 | ||
| General Duties and Day-to-Day Operations of a Legal Secretary | 00:30:00 | ||
| Record Keeping | 00:30:00 | ||
| Legal Writing Skills & Proofreading | 00:15:00 | ||
| Research Skills You Need to Know | 00:30:00 | ||
| Transcription, Editing & Correspondence to Judges | 00:30:00 | ||
| Legal System of UK | 00:15:00 | ||
| UK Court System | 00:30:00 | ||
| Meeting Management & Minute Taking | |||
| Minute Taking | 00:35:00 | ||
| Tips to Follow | 01:08:00 | ||
| Meeting and the Minute Taking | 00:19:00 | ||
| Minute Taking Nowadays | 00:20:00 | ||
| Other Secretarial Roles and Responsibilities | |||
| Working with Your Manager | 01:00:00 | ||
| Administrative Soft Skills | 01:00:00 | ||
| Effective Time Management | 01:00:00 | ||
| Tools of the Trade | 01:00:00 | ||
| Being an Effective Gatekeeper | 00:15:00 | ||
| Organizational Skills | 00:15:00 | ||
| Confidentiality Guidelines | 00:15:00 | ||
| Special Tasks | 00:15:00 | ||
| Customer Service Role | |||
| Introduction To Customer Service | 00:15:00 | ||
| The Power of Positive Thinking in Customer Service | 00:30:00 | ||
| Types of Difficult Customers and How to Help them | 01:00:00 | ||
| How to Deal with Difficult Customers | 00:30:00 | ||
| Telephone Etiquette | |||
| Aspects of Phone Etiquette | 01:00:00 | ||
| Using Proper Phone Language | 01:00:00 | ||
| Eliminate Phone Distractions | 01:00:00 | ||
| Inbound Calls | 01:00:00 | ||
| Outbound Calls | 01:00:00 | ||
| Handling Rude or Angry Callers | 01:00:00 | ||
| Handling Interoffice Calls | 01:00:00 | ||
| Methods of Training Employees | 01:00:00 | ||
| Correcting Poor Telephone Etiquette | 01:00:00 | ||
| Organizing Work Using MS Word | |||
| Opening | 01:00:00 | ||
| Working with the Interface | 01:00:00 | ||
| Your First Document | 01:00:00 | ||
| Basic Editing Tasks | 01:00:00 | ||
| Basic Formatting Tasks | 01:00:00 | ||
| Formatting Paragraphs | 01:00:00 | ||
| Advanced Formatting Tasks | 01:00:00 | ||
| Working with Styles | 01:00:00 | ||
| Formatting the Page | 01:00:00 | ||
| Sharing Your Document | 01:00:00 | ||
| Proof Reading | |||
| Introduction to Proofreading | 00:15:00 | ||
| What does a Proofreader do? | 00:15:00 | ||
| Proofreading | 00:15:00 | ||
| Proofreading Symbols | 00:15:00 | ||
| Proofreading on Paper & Screen | 00:15:00 | ||
| Strategies to Check for Specific Errors | 00:15:00 | ||
| Editing & Proofreading Strategies | 00:15:00 | ||
| Proofreading an Essay | 00:15:00 | ||
| Mock Exam | |||
| Mock Exam – Legal Secretary and PA Training | 00:30:00 | ||
| Final Exam | |||
| Final Exam – Legal Secretary and PA Training | 00:30:00 | ||
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