Is This for You?

If you would like a professional, varied and fulfilling career then you’ll find all these attributes and more if you work as a Legal Secretary.

This Award is ideal if you’re new to the legal world and need to learn the jargon, processes and documentation connected with legal aspects of various law sectors. Furthermore, the core courses have been written by CILEx and endorsed by Pitman Training, meaning you’ve completed your studies, you’re in the perfect position to go on and gain a renowned qualification from CILEx, the Level 2 Award in Legal Text Processing.

Award and Associated Qualifications

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Awarded 60 CPD points upon successful completion

Start Date
Start Date
Flexible
Study Type
Study Type
In centre, online, or a combination
Training Type
Training Type
Award
Duration
Duration
60 hours or 2 weeks full-time study

About This Award

If you would like a professional, varied and fulfilling career then you’ll find all these attributes and more if you work as a Legal Secretary.

This award is ideal if you’re new to the legal world and need to learn the jargon, processes and documentation connected with legal aspects of various law sectors.

The legal sector is an exciting and varied world. With many different focuses, such as family law, criminal law etc., gaining specialised and recognisable secretarial qualifications in this industry will set you head and shoulders above the rest.

Our Legal Secretary Award brings you a fantastic opportunity to study the CILEx (Certified Institute of Legal Executives) Legal Text Processing course. In addition to this course, you’ll also study Working in the Legal Environment and Legal Audio Processing. Giving you a complete skillset which can help get your Legal Secretary career underway.

  • With the freedom to study at a time and place that suits you best, there are many benefits to this fantastic Legal Secretarial Award:
  • Excellent opportunity to go on and gain a CILEx Level 2 Award in Legal Text Processing
  • Flexible training which fits around your commitments
  • Support on hand from our friendly Course Advisors
  • Get the skills in demand by employers

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Aims and Objectives

A great training programme if you’re looking to gain proven skills to become a Legal Secretary. Endorsed by CILEx (the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives) you’ll also be able to go on and gain a CILEx, the Level 2 Award in Legal Text Processing if required.

Courses Included

In addition to the core courses noted below you’ll also study Working in the Legal Environment or Legal Secretarial – Scots Law.

Legal Secretary Courses & Diplomas

Legal Text Processing

The course utilises CILEx specialist course materials and will introduce you to the various forms of documentation, terminology and processes associated with six different legal…

Legal Secretary Courses & Diplomas

Legal Audio Processing

This course utilises CILEx specialist course materials and looks at six different legal specialisms to gain an understanding of the documentation that needs to be…

Pre-Requisites

There are no pre-requisites required.

Finance Options

Wherever possible our training is tailored to your needs. The cost of our training programmes depend on the course(s) you choose and varies according to duration and breadth. Rest assured we have a number of payment options available to ensure the cost of training is affordable and can be worked alongside your other financial commitments. Common ways people fund their training include: –

Self-Funded:

  • Flexible payment plans to help you spread the cost* available at many of our centres;
  • You could opt to pay upfront.

Company Funded:

Requesting funding from your employers needn’t be a daunting task. Many employers support and encourage their employees with their professional development and consider it a worthwhile investment to fund any training required.

What we can help with:

  • Providing a comprehensive training programme outlining learning outcomes
  • Tailored personnel letters
  • Communication with finance departments to arrange payment options (upfront or payment plan*).

Funding & Grants:

There may be the opportunity to apply for funded grants that can help towards the cost of training. These include the Skills Development Scotland ITAs and the ReAct programme in Wales. All schemes will have different terms and conditions that will need to be met in order to qualify for a grant and these are managed by each individual centre.

We’d recommend you speak to a Course Advisor in your local centre to find out whether they are registered to offer any such schemes and discuss your requirements further.

* Terms and Conditions apply. Speak to a Course Advisor for full information on the options available to you.

Career Path

If you’re keen to keep your career moving, after studying your Legal Secretary courses you could choose to take a step further and look towards gaining reputable Paralegal qualifications.

What's the Difference?

We offer a range of training packages in a range of subject areas and can offer blended learning opportunities to best meet your needs.

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Our courses are practical in nature and focus on a single subject and can last anywhere from a few hours to a few days.

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Diplomas are designed to give you a complete skillset mapped to a specific career path and contain a number of core and elective courses.