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Legal Secretary Certificate Course Level 3 Association of Certified Legal Secretaries

Become a Certified Legal Secretary of the Association of Certified Legal Secretaries

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Summary

Price
£799 inc VAT
Or £66.58/mo. for 12 months...
Study method
Classroom + online
Duration
40 hours · Full-time
Qualification
No formal qualification
CPD
80 CPD hours / points
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Certificates
  • Certificate of completion - Free
Additional info
  • Tutor is available to students

Location & dates

Location

Address
Virtual Classroom
Virtual Classroom
EC4M7DR
United Kingdom
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Overview

This is a fully accredited course within the Association of Legal Secretaries at Level 3.

The ACLS qualification has an excellent reputation in delivering training to Legal Secretaries, Legal PAs and Legal Admin. This is because it provides a full range of materials and practical legal industry based exercises. The nature of the study material builds confidence and competence within legal practices in order to launch a successful legal secretarial career.

Course Format

This Legal Secretarial course is delivered by an experienced lawyer in a mixture of face to face tuition and your choice of centre based or home based flexi-time study.

Certificates

Certificate of completion

Digital certificate - Included

CPD

80 CPD hours / points
Accredited by The CPD Standards Office

Course media

Description

Course content

Legal Theory

(1) Introduction to Law session

(2) The Legal Industry explained: Magic Circle and City; High Street; In house

(3) The Law Office: Partners; Fee Earners; Paralegals; Legal Secretaries

(4) Legal Skills - Practical Sessions Departmental Functions and Procedures: Criminal Litigation; Civil Litigation; Commercial Law; Corporate Law; Family Law & Wills

(5) The Legal Skills Practical Sessions will include the following within each of the above five legal areas: Legal Document Production; Document presentation and engrossment; Proof Reading; Forms processing and completion; Time recording & Invoicing; Audio Typing Training; Touch Typing Training; Tests and appraisals.

Dates and Duration
Full-time: The course can be done full-time intensively over one week. This is an intensive course taught by a qualified lawyer.

Part-time: You can also opt to take the course over 3 months in a tutorial format. You will complete the practical exercises around your work and attend scheduled tutorial with the qualified lawyer tutor.

Benefits
The Certified Legal Secretary of the ACLS qualification is the most sought after and recognised across the legal profession and puts the successful student in very good stead for employment in the sector.

Outcome

Certified Legal Secretary of the the Association of Legal Secretaries at Level 3

Who is this course for?

People with previous administration or secretarial experience or quality secretarial training for the general work environment. If you lack Secretarial skills we recommend that you take our Legal PA Diploma which includes our Level 3 Secretary PA Diploma.

Requirements

To take this course you will need administrative, PA or secretarial skills. You will also need at least a good level of secondary education and a good command of the English language. If you lack Admin or Secretary skills, please contact us to evaluate the best options for becoming a Legal Secretary.

Career path

ACLS is a qualification standard for Legal Secretaries. Many law firms require an accredited qualification to gain your first Legal Secretary job. The course has extensive practical content on the course that relates to a Legal Secretary Job.

Legal Secretaries in London attract high salaries and excellent benefits. ACLS Courses are an excellent way to launch a Legal Career.

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Sharon asked:

If I complete this course would I be able to pursue employment as a legal administrative assist, legal secretary or a paralegal?

Answer:

The course is practically focussed teaching you what you actually do in the legal office; it is therefore ideal to assist you move into your first legal job.

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Sergio Almasy asked:

How is the audio transcription component of the course delivered given that this course is currently by distance learning?

Answer:

Audio files are sent which can be played back on a standard PC; transcripts are then sent back for marking

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Matt asked:

If I was to purchase this, what's the availability for the full-time intensive course?

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The course is currently only available by Distance Learning but can be completed quickly if needed.

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FAQs

Study method describes the format in which the course will be delivered. At Reed Courses, courses are delivered in a number of ways, including online courses, where the course content can be accessed online remotely, and classroom courses, where courses are delivered in person at a classroom venue.

CPD stands for Continuing Professional Development. If you work in certain professions or for certain companies, your employer may require you to complete a number of CPD hours or points, per year. You can find a range of CPD courses on Reed Courses, many of which can be completed online.

A regulated qualification is delivered by a learning institution which is regulated by a government body. In England, the government body which regulates courses is Ofqual. Ofqual regulated qualifications sit on the Regulated Qualifications Framework (RQF), which can help students understand how different qualifications in different fields compare to each other. The framework also helps students to understand what qualifications they need to progress towards a higher learning goal, such as a university degree or equivalent higher education award.

An endorsed course is a skills based course which has been checked over and approved by an independent awarding body. Endorsed courses are not regulated so do not result in a qualification - however, the student can usually purchase a certificate showing the awarding body's logo if they wish. Certain awarding bodies - such as Quality Licence Scheme and TQUK - have developed endorsement schemes as a way to help students select the best skills based courses for them.
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