This course introduces students to the skills necessary to be effective in a legal environment. Topics covered include federal and provincial legislative processes and court systems, legal documents, legal correspondence, confidentiality and professional responsibility, fees and billing, legal research and citations of law, vocabulary, and transcription
This course is part of the full-time Legal Administrative Assistant Program.
Prerequisites
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What you will learn
- Introduction to the role of the legal administrative assistant
- The legal workplace
- The legal system
- The office file management system
- Maintaining client files
- Fee arrangements and financial procedures
- Statements of account and file closing
- Communication and correspondence with clients
- Preparing documents from precedents
- Communicating with other law firms
- Preparing documents from transcription
How to register
This course is offered as part of a VCC program only.
Course schedules
Select your program to see the available course schedules.
Contact us
If you have any question, please email at advising@vcc.ca.
† This information is intended as a guideline only. Program and course details are subject to change with the approval of VCC's Board of Governors.