Legal Secretary Diploma with City & Guilds/CILEx Level 2 Qualification

You may well be considering a completely new career, or have been in a secretarial position for a while, when you consider taking on this challenging role to advance your career as a Legal Secretary.

Your role will be to assist in the smooth running of law firms by giving full support to lawyers and legal executives. You will be a significant member of a team of professionals who work together. Your work will be varied and will be very rewarding. You will deal with a wide range of challenging legal and administrative tasks, combining your knowledge, understanding and skills with modern technology to the essential production of accurate documents on which every facet of our lives revolve.

As law firms can specialise in areas such as Criminal Law, Conveyancing, Civil Litigation, Matrimonial Law or Company Law, to name but a few, you will develop an expertise in the field you have chosen. Perhaps you will progress to become a paralegal like many others before you.

This Diploma can be studied in any our Reading Training Centre, at Bowman House, Bridge Street, Reading, RG1 2LU. Many of the subjects are also accessible via our distance learning platform, meaning you can combine your studies with existing home and work obligations.
Once you’ve successfully completed your training and received your Pitman Training Diploma, you’ll be in the perfect position to go on and gain the Level 2 City & Guilds/CILEx Legal Secretary Qualification.

Why Pitman Training?
No one has helped more people gain valuable business skills than Pitman Training. That unbeatable experience is your guarantee of success.
• Our teaching methods are proven; our course materials are the best of their kind.
• There are no hidden costs. The Diploma package includes certification fees and all training.
• A Pitman Training Diploma is an industry standard; your passport to a better career.

This Diploma has been designed to help you if you wish to start a new career as a Legal Secretary, Legal Admin Assistant or Paralegal. On top of the broad office skills that you will learn, you’ll also gain knowledge of the workings of a legal office and in turn be able to confidently impress employers with your specialist training.

There are no prerequisites required prior to starting this course.

Testimonial:
“The Legal Secretarial Diploma provided by Pitman Training gives an excellent grounding for any aspiring secretary looking to enter the legal profession.” H, Financial Controller

Core Courses:
Typaz (20-40 words per minute)
Typaz Speed (40-60 words per minute)
or Keyboard Speed Development (up to 70 words per minute)
or Core 2 Typaz Professional (high proficiency touch-typing and keyboard skills)
Working in a Legal Environment (different organisational structures of a legal office, the UK judicial system, how to organise resources and manage time effectively in a legal environment, the different types of correspondence and much more)
Legal Audio Processing (six different legal specialisms, including Family Law, Conveyancing and Criminal Litigation and gain an understanding of the documentation that needs to be transcribed in each area)
Legal Text Processing (various forms of documentation, terminology and processes associated with six different legal specialisms including Family Law, Criminal Litigation and Conveyancing)
Audio Transcription
Effective Business Communication (business letters, email, phone and presentations)
Microsoft Word
or Microsoft Word Expert (advanced word processing skills including mail merge, creating graphs, creating and running macros, creating an index, table of contents and more)
Microsoft Excel
or Microsoft Excel Expert (advanced spreadsheet skills, covering importing and exporting data, creating templates, linking workbooks, data tools, analysis and pivot tables)
Microsoft Outlook

Electives (choose two):
Go - Make a Difference
Microsoft Access
Microsoft PowerPoint
Microsoft Word
Speed Writing (40 words per minute)
Successful Meetings and Minutes (logistics, preparation, note-taking, agenda planning and how to clarify actions)

Guideline Learning Time
240 hours flexi study or 8 weeks full-time
(Full-time is based on approx 20-30 hours a week)

This Diploma has been designed to help you if you wish to start a new career as a Legal Secretary, Legal Admin Assistant or Paralegal.

Legal Admin Assistant> Legal Secretary> Paralegal