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Basic Course: $50.00
with Certificate & CEUs: $75.00
A general overview of Legal Secretary Studies for entry level positions. The course covers the daily routine of typing legal documents, making telephone calls, handling client files and file maintenance, maintaining a client index file with index card software download, court procedures, legal ethics and office protocol. The course also has typing tutor software, eBook downloads, legal forms, basic word processing software download, online resume workshop and online job bank referral. The course includes legal forms and legal forms weblinks examples for actual practice in typing legal documents that get filed with the courts. Psychology ebooks are reviewed by students for gaining incentive in ways of communicating with clients who generally have legal problems when they interview at a law office. Students completing this course will be prepared to compile a resume and apply to law firms for entry level legal secretary positions. This legal secretary course actually exceeds the expectations for an entry level legal secretary, and the skills gained will qualify a competent legal secretary to work in any law firm or law office. Enroll today! This is a self-paced, online course. You have 6 months to finish. An instructor will monitor your progress and assess your body of work at course completion. UniversalClass™ offers many wonderful learning tools to help you get the most out of your online course, including an online portfolio service that manages all your course completions.

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Continuing Education Units (CEU)
1.0 CEUs

Course Description

This course is an entry level training class for Legal Secretaries who want to work in the legal field for attorneys, law firms or the courts.
The course covers the daily routine of typing legal documents, making telephone calls, handling client files and file maintenance, maintaining a client index file with index card software download, court procedures, legal ethics and office protocol. The course also has typing tutor software, eBook downloads, legal forms, basic word processing software download, online resume workshop and online job bank referral. Students completing this course will be prepared to compile a resume and apply to law firms for entry level legal secretary positions. This legal secretary course actually exceeds the expectations for an entry level legal secretary, and the skills gained will qualify a competent legal secretary to work in any law firm or law office.
Legal Secretary is a general overview of Legal Secretary Studies for entry level positions. The course covers the daily routine of typing legal documents, making telephone calls, handling client files and file maintenance, maintaining a client index file with index card software download, court procedures, legal ethics and office protocol. The course also has typing tutor software, eBook downloads, legal forms, basic word processing software download, online resume workshop and online job bank referral. The course includes legal forms and legal forms weblinks examples for actual practice in typing legal documents that get filed with the courts. Psychology ebooks are reviewed by students for gaining incentive in ways of communicating with clients who generally have legal problems when they interview at a law office. Students completing this course will be prepared to compile a resume and apply to law firms for entry level legal secretary positions. This legal secretary course actually exceeds the expectations for an entry level legal secretary, and the skills gained will qualify a competent legal secretary to work in any law firm or law office.

Instructor Enrica Wilder created the legal secretary's legal forms manual that is still used now in major law firms in her state. Her duties were the usual secretarial duties, such as answering phones, opening and maintaining client files, scheduling appointments and depositions and composing correspondence. She has worked as a legal secretary in the Philadelphia Court System and the Supreme Court.


This course offers 1.0 CEUs upon successful completion. You may take this online course with or without CEU documentation. An online and hard-copy Certificate of Course Completion displaying your coursework and CEUs earned is included with the CEU Option. We also offer an expedited Transcript Service for sending your accomplishments to a third party.

Course Lessons

  1. Lesson 1 - Legal Secretary Studies - Introduction to Legal Secretary Studies
  2. Lesson 2 - Working in a Law Office - Much of the legal secretary's work consists of word processing and opening client files.
  3. Lesson 3 - Word Processing and Opening Client Files - The legal secretary drafts legal documents with word processing after opening client files.
  4. Lesson 4 - Typing Civil Law Documents - Practice of drafting civil law documents that are filed with the court on behalf of clients that the attorney represents in a case matter.
  5. Lesson 5 - The Personal Injury Legal Assistant - Many law offices specialize in Personal Injury Law. The forms and legal forms for PI Law are specific and routine.
  6. Lesson 6 - Review - Review the parts of civil law documents and procedure; legal secretary forms.
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Optional Certificates Awarded

  1. Certificate of Outstanding Achievement
  2. Certificate of Academic Excellence

Students who demonstrate excellence in studies will receive either a Certificate of Outstanding Achievement or for high grade scores, a Certificate of Academic Excellence.


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Additional Information

Course Title : Legal Secretary
CEU Value : (Continuing Education Units)
Course Number : 5014
Course Type : Professional (Novice Level)
Course URL : http://legalsecy.onlineclasses.com
Course Review : Reviewed & Approved on September 4, 2002
Instructor : Enrica Wilder
Syllabus : View Syllabus
Duration : Continuous: Enroll anytime!
Course Fee :
Basic Course: $50.00
with CEUs & Certificate: $75.00
NOT FOR COLLEGE CREDIT
This is a non-credit course. This course may not fulfill any local, state, government, licensing, or educational requirements.
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