Legal Secretary - An Introduction

Our Legal Secretary Introduction course takes you through the workings within a legal office, including introducing the practitioners and support staff. You'll examine civil and criminal law, the court system and how legislation happens. Following this, your first steps in to legal secretarial work continues with layouts, file management, office and client accounts, recording time, client care and abbreviations. Then you complete this, the very best of initial legal secretarial courses, with handling amendments and corrections.

This is a flexible course, so you work at your own pace - and in addition to having Pitman Training on your CV, you keep your workbook as a handy reference guide. And on completion, you can progress your career with further legal secretarial courses or opt for the full Legal Secretarial Diploma, the very best of training if you want a high-flying career as a top legal secretary.

Unlike other legal secretary courses, this tried and tested programme of study gives you the perfect overview of what's involved and the different legal departments. Meaning you’ll have the confidence to show potential employers that you’ve been trained to high level.

If you’re considering becoming a top-notch legal secretary with all the rewards that career can bring, this is an excellent first step.

If you live in Scotland, there is also a Scottish version of this course, so you can be confident that wherever you work, you’ve chosen the very best training.

If you wish to pursue a career in a legal department then the introductory module provides a sound understanding. You will learn more about the responsibilities of a legal secretary focussing on the working of a legal office, civil and criminal law, and the court system.

Our Legal Secretary Introduction course is part of our distance learning range – which can be accessed online via our distance learning portal.