Legal Administrative Assistant Certificate

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Comments about Legal Administrative Assistant Certificate - At the institution - New Westminster - British Columbia

• Objectives
  Students in this program are trained in legal office procedures, legal terminology, court systems, legal record keeping, bookkeeping, billing clients and the preparation, filing and service of legal documents in the areas of wills and estates, family law, litigation, corporate law and conveyancing. In addition, the students will become highly proficient in keyboarding, machine transcription (dicta typing) and a variety of computer programs.
• Practical experience
  There is an office practicum component associated with this program.
• Academic title
  Legal Administrative Assistant Certificate
• Course description
  Semester I
  OADM 1218     Legal Office Procedures - Introduction and Corporate Law     3
  OADM 1303     Keyboarding Skill Development     3
  OADM 1240     Business Communications and Procedures     3
  OADM 1256     Microcomputer Applications I     3
  OADM 1245     Employability Skills     3
          15
  
  Semester II
  OADM 1326     Legal Office Procedures - Litigation     3
  OADM 1327     Legal Office Procedures - Family Law     3
  OADM 1328     Legal Office Procedures - Conveyancing     3
  OADM 1329     Legal Office Procedures - Will and Estates     3
  OADM 1400     Job Search*     2
          14
  
  *Job Search should only be taken during your final semester in the program.
  
  Semester III
  OADM 1401     Office Practicum     1
          
  Total credits         30

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