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Legal Secretary Careers
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If a career as a paralegal interests you, but you're not sure you want to go through with all of the requisite education, you might try taking a more direct route to test the waters - you might try exploring a career as a legal secretary, legal executive assistant, or legal office assistant.
The programs below offer legal secretary education - click on one to receive additional information:
Gibbs College
Associate Degree in Applied Science in Office Administration - Legal Specialization
The Office Administration Associate Degree Program Legal Specialization is an 18-month program that combines a liberal arts college-oriented experience with the legal secretarial education in professional skills required for administrative careers in the legal field. The objectives of the legal specialization are to maintain excellence in skills education and to prepare the student to meet the challenges of the legal profession by providing an educational program of practical value enriched by a broad liberal arts background. The courses will foster critical thinking, communication skills, and a sound value system. Students will also have the opportunity for work experience in a legal setting during their last quarter internship.
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Katharine Gibbs School - Melville, NY
Legal Executive Assistant Program - Business Certificate
The Legal Executive Assistant Program is a nine-month certificate program designed to prepare students for rewarding and challenging positions as legal secretaries and administrative assistants.
In addition to thorough education in essential professional skills, business procedures, and communication, this certificate program provides students with the opportunity to use current technology to manage information and to solve information management problems. Students are also introduced to court structure, legal writings, legal research and legal practice and procedure. Legal terminology and production of documents such as contract powers of attorney and affidavits are included. The certificate program contributes to their specialized backgrounds, as they become familiar with the formats and phraseology of the law. Students develop the skills to perform effectively in a general business environment and acquire an understanding of the special needs of the legal profession.
Associates Degree in Occupational Studies in Office Administration - Legal Concentration
The Office Administration A.O.S. Degree Program in Legal is an 18-month program that combines the college oriented experience of a liberal arts education with the executive level education in processional skills required for careers in the legal profession. The objectives of this Associate Degree program, like those of the school in general, are to maintain excellence in skills education; to prepare the students to meet the challenges of the competitive legal business world by providing an educational program of practical value enriched by broad liberal arts background; and to offer general education courses to foster critical thinking, communication skills, and a sound value system. The classroom experience is enhanced by an internship in the final quarter.
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Sullivan University System - Multiple Colleges in KY
Associate - Legal Administrative Professional; Diploma - Legal Administrative Assistant
Career-focused associate degree and diploma programs that teach you the skills needed to work in offices of attorneys, judges, DA's, federal and government officials, public or private corporations.
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Hickey College - St. Louis, MO
Specialized Associate Degree and Diploma programs
Accelerated, career-focused education at Bradford Schools represents an excellent alternative to a 4-year degree. The ten-month program leads to a diploma. The fourteen-month Associate of Applied Business Degree program also emphasizes business law, management, public speaking, and critical thinking skills.
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Berks Technical Institute and Schuylkill Institute of Business & Technology - Wyomissing, PA and Pottsville, PA
Paralegal/Legal Secretary Associate in Specialized Business Degree (A.S.B.)
A graduate will be familiar with a substantive amount of law and general legal procedures, and will be able to perform a number of tasks in a legal environment. Graduates will have experience with legal research and writing, standard legal forms, legal pleading drafts and other documents, litigation support, client file management, and other related activities. Graduates will also become proficient in word processing, spreadsheets, databases, Windows applications, and the internet. Graduates will be trained to comply with the Legal and Ethical canons regulating the paralegal's role as an integral member of the legal support team.
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King's College - Charlotte, NC
Associate Degree and Diploma programs
Accelerated, career-focused education at Bradford Schools represents an excellent alternative to a 4-year degree. The ten-month legal secretary program leads to a diploma. The fourteen-month legal secretary program also emphasizes business law, management, public speaking, and critical thinking skills. Our paralegal program is a 16-month associate degree program.
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Bradford School - Pittsburgh, PA
Diploma, Associate of Applied Business Degree - Legal Administrative Assistant, Paralegal
Accelerated, career-focused education at Bradford Schools represents an excellent alternative to a 4-year degree. The ten-month program leads to a diploma. The fourteen-month Associate of Applied Business Degree program also emphasizes business law, management, public speaking, and critical thinking skills.
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Herzing College
Professional Services Programs
- Associate of Science in Legal Assisting/Paralegal (ALAP)
- Diploma in Legal Assistant/ Secretary
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Bradford School of Business - Houston, TX
Diploma, Associate of Applied Business Degree - Legal Administrative Assistant, Paralegal
Accelerated, career-focused education at Bradford Schools represents an excellent alternative to a 4-year degree. The ten-month program leads to a diploma. The fourteen-month Associate of Applied Business Degree program also emphasizes business law, management, public speaking, and critical thinking skills.
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