Legal Secretary

Training Program

Program Overview

Legal secretaries are an essential part of the legal profession and assist with legal departments’ smooth running. The role of a legal secretary is to support the lawyers and paralegal in a law office or organization.  As well as working within law firms, legal secretaries can work within other legal environments.

Legal secretaries perform several essential duties involving but not limited to producing legal documents, completing legal forms, typing professional correspondence from dictation, liaising with clients and responding to enquiries. By working as a legal secretary, you will get to know a wide range of legal procedures and build up experience in several different areas.

Course specifics

Current schedule

Legal Office Procedures & Terminology

• Course Code: POFL-1003-15244
  • 02/11/2025 - 04/10/2025
  • 5:30 - 8:30 pm | Tues. & Thurs.
  • Heritage Campus - Venters Business Bldg. Room: 201
  • Cost: $362.00

Computer Applications for Legal secretaries

• Course Code: POFL-1091-15245
  • 04/15/2025 - 05/20/2025
  • 5:30 - 8:30 pm | Tues. & Thurs.
  • Heritage Campus - Venters Business Bldg. Room: 201
  • Cost: $242.00

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Testing Information

Students who successfully complete the legal secretary program have the option to test for the Accredited Legal Professional (APL) from the National Association for Legal Support Professionals (NALS). For more information regarding the Accredited Legal Professional (APL) credential, please visit the NALS website.

Admission requirements

• Students must be 18 years of age
• High school diploma/GED NOT required

PROGRAM COST

• POFL 1003 - Legal Office Procedures & Terminology: $362.00
• PFOL 1091 - Applications for Legal Secretaries: $242.00
• Textbooks: 
  • The Legal Secretary Guide by Cordy Paschall, E-BOOK
  • Master Legal Vocabulary and Terminology ISBN: 978-1791849597