
This free online course provides the administrative skills required to ensure the smooth running of a legal office. Legal administrative assistants support lawyers and paralegals in various tasks, making it a great career choice for those who want to work in the legal field without attending law school. This legal administration course equips you with the skills required to support legal teams effectively and ensure the smooth operation of law firms. We explain how to prepare and file legal documents, manage case files, communicate with clients and more.
| Course Category | Law, Law |
| Course Type | Online Learning |
| Course Qualification | CPD Certificate |
| Course Duration | 1.5-3 hours |
| Course Fee | Free |
| Entry Requirements | Like all courses on the Alison Free Learning platform this is a free, CPD-accredited course. A Graduate can choose to buy a certificate or diploma upon successful completion of a course, but this is not required or necessary. At Alison we believe that free education, more than anything, has the power to break through boundaries and transform lives. Alison is the world’s largest free online empowerment platform for education and skills training, offering over 5000 CPD accredited courses and a range of impactful career development tools. It is a for-profit social enterprise dedicated to making it possible for anyone, to study anything, anywhere, at any time, for free online, at any subject level. Through our mission, we are a catalyst for positive social change, creating opportunity, prosperity, and equality for everyone. |
| Career Path | In This Free Course, You Will Learn How To • Analyze client relations and case management techniques • Summarize the steps involved in closing a case, from archiving documents to conducting follow-ups with clients • Outline the process of preparing litigation documents • Compare the responsibilities of legal administrative assistants in corporate and private law offices • Apply best practices employed in legal document preparation • Discuss the ethical considerations encountered in legal administration • Compare the effectiveness of different types of filing systems and electronic document management • Outline the principles of effective written and verbal communication in a legal environment • Recognize the importance of applying cyber security best practices to preserve client confidentiality • Categorize various financial tasks performed within a legal office, including billing, invoicing and trust accounting |
| Course Code | 249 |



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