Legal Secretarial Skills
REAL careers prospects
Ever thought of working in a career where you’ll get to support solicitors and barristers, attend court, arrange conferences and be the person that makes things happen? These days, being a secretary in a legal environment doesn’t mean you’re confined to a desk and a PC. It can provide an exciting career path eventually leading to a position as a Legal Executive or Solicitor if you take further qualifications and the REALITY starts here by enrolling on a course.
Our full-time Legal Secretarial courses at Levels 2 and 3, are qualification based, and successful completion depends upon your ability to demonstrate the skills needed to do the job. In addition to your Legal Secretarial qualification you with do an ILEX Level 2 Legal Studies qualification and take additional qualifications in word processing and associated skills.
Northampton has a flourishing legal sector and our ILEX (Institute of Legal Executives) legal secretarial courses have enabled many young people to find interesting and well rewarded jobs in this sector. In addition to the popular Level 2 Certificate for Legal Secretaries course, we now offer a Level 3 Diploma for Legal Secretaries.
Specialist Resources
We will support you all the way in chosen area of study, and our specialist resources include:
- Administration Agency providing administrative services to College staff and students
- Services of an advisory committee from commercial organisations
- Work experience placements in commercial organisations
- All IT networks with Internet access
- Comprehensive teaching & learning support
- Additional drop-in support workshops
- A large team of specialist and experienced lecturing staff
- Up-to-date teaching, learning and office skills equipment.