Legal Secretary - Introduction

Course Content

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

Benefits

• Develop an excellent knowledge of the workings and structure of the legal office
• A wide choice of training locations and times, and the flexibility and value of self-study training methods that allow for different learning speeds and styles
• A personalised workbook to use as a reference guide post-training
• The opportunity to gain a widely recognised qualification, a Pitman Training Certificate

Current Course Dates

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