Legal Secretary - Criminal Law

Like all our legal secretary courses, our Criminal Law Legal Secretary course is designed to give you the edge. Firstly by putting the Pitman Training name on your CV; an acknowledged mark of excellent Legal Secretary training, but also because you'll be trained for full time or temp work with an insight into the fee earners' role, which will improve your understanding and could pave the way for promotion or a permanent placement.

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.

The Pitman Training Criminal Law secretarial course is flexible – you decide the timetabling and you keep your workbook as a handy guide. What’s more, at Pitman Training, an course advisor is always available to lend a helping hand when you need it.

Benefits

• Develop an awareness of the workings and structure of a Criminal Law Department

• The flexibility and value of a self-study module designed to enable you to work at your own pace

• A workbook to use as a reference guide on completion of the module

• The opportunity to gain the widely recognised Pitman Training certification

Other useful courses for legal secretaries include: Audio Transcription or Shorthand. Or you could opt for further specialist legal skills to enhance your earning potential, including the full Legal Secretarial Diploma, which can lead to an exciting and rewarding career.

This course is designed to give you an excellent understanding of the work carried out within the Criminal Law department of a legal firm. Perfect if you are wanting to work as a Legal Secretary within this field.

If you're currently working in office administration and would like to work withn the offices of a solicitor or legal firm, this is a great course to help build up your specialist legal knowledge to become a successful Legal Secretary.

There are four lessons in this course:

Lesson 1: Initial Stages in a Criminal Law case, Different Categories of Offence, Attendance notes.
Lesson 2: Statements of Accused, Preparing Information.
Lesson 3: Witness Statements, Instructions to Counsel.
Lesson 4: Dealing with Offenders, Legal Aid Claim Forms, Preparing an Invoice.

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