Pitman Training Introduction to Legal Secretary Certificate

Course Title: Pitman Training Legal Secretary – Introductory Module Certificate (PTLGINCT)

Awarding Body: Pitman Training
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Intended Audience: Individuals wishing to pursue a career as a Legal Secretary.

Entry Requirements: Comprehensive end-user knowledge of Microsoft Word, competent keyboarding (at least 40 wpm), good letter layout and office practice skills. Open Entry.

Exemptions: Exemptions are granted by modules based on previous Pitman Training Certification.

Course Details:

Lesson 1: The legal office, rules and guidelines, new terminology.

Lesson 2: Lawyers, the solicitor, sole practitioners and partnerships, office location, qualifying as a
solicitor, The Law Society, the barrister, qualifying as a barrister, the legal executive, support staff.

Lesson 3: Procedures, accuracy, speed, confidentiality, limitations.

Lesson 4: Introduction to where the law comes from, classifications of English law, case law, Acts of Parliament, rules of interpretation, statutes, delegated legislation, European law, European member states.

Lesson 5: Legal publications and journals.

Lesson 6: Criminal and civil law, the English court structure, the Magistrates Court, the County Court, the Crown Court, the High Court of Justice, the Court of Appeal, the House of Lords – Judicial
Committee, the European Court of Justice, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, alternative
dispute resolution.

Lesson 7: Incoming and outgoing post, the DX system, letters, proof reading, copies, faxes, email,
couriers.

Lesson 8: Introduction to documentation, documents in draft, endorsement sheets, engrossments,
certifying a copy.

Lesson 9: Standard documents, document references, forms, specialist software, filing.

Lesson 10: Opening files, new clients, solicitor’s accounts, petty cash, time sheets, bills, glossary.

Registration: All Year

Duration: Minimum 7 hours flexi study

Cost: Contact us for more details

Further Study: Pitman Training other Legal Certificates or Legal Secretarial Diploma