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Legal Secretary Program

A career as a legal secretary requires specific skills, competencies, and knowledge to meet the demands of this fast-paced profession. This 12 week comprehensive certificate program is designed to provide both beginners and current legal staff with an overview of the skills and knowledge required to excel in a legal career.

A general overview of legal topics covered includes:

• Litigation
• Contracts
• Business Organization
• Real Estate

• Torts
• Family Law
• Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure

• Estate Planning, Estates and Guardianship
• Bankruptcy

In addition to a general overview of substantive law, you will learn the practice and procedures common to all law offices:

• Ethics and Professionalism for Non-Lawyers
• Business of Law Office Management including Billing and Accounting
• Preparation of Legal Documents and Office Communications
• Use of Electronic and Conventional Calendaring and Docket Control Systems
• The Court Systems and Administrative Agencies

Prerequisites:

This course presumes a working knowledge of office-based software (MS Word, MS Access, and MS Excel or WordPerfect Corel-Lotus) and good keyboard skills.

THE PROGRAM:

Dates: February 20 - May 15, 2010 (no class 3/13/2010)

Times: 12 Saturdays, 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Location: Boca Raton campus

Cost: $595.00, 48 hrs.

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For more information, call 561-297-3648 or e-mail rrmagdal@fau.edu