Is This for You?
This diploma is for anyone who wants to pursue a career as a Legal Secretary or Legal Administrator.
Award and Associated Qualifications
Legal Secretary Diploma – Scots Law
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With this diploma you will get a versatile, professional set of skills that will enable you to pursue a career as a Legal Secretary or Legal Administrator within a legal office that practises Scots Law.
Start DateFlexible
Study TypeIn centre, online, or a combination
Training TypeDiploma
Duration220 hours flexi study or 9 weeks full-time
About This Diploma
Scotland has its own unique legal system, so it follows that anyone working within Scots Law requires dedicated and specific training. This diploma has been formulated specifically to train those looking to work as a Legal Secretary in Scotland.
With this extensive diploma, you will study eight core courses and choose three additional elective courses. The combination of courses means you will gain solid administration skills through the study of subjects such as Effective Business Communication and Successful Meetings and Minutes.
You’ll also have the opportunity to study key Microsoft Office programs such as Word, Excel, and Teams. There is the option with Excel and Word to study them at an expert level if you already have working knowledge of the software.
You’ll then focus on the legal secretarial aspect of this diploma and study Legal Secretarial – Scots Law, which introduces you to the key legal specialisms, processes, procedures, documentation, and terminology. Then you’ll study Working in the Legal Environment, which is a CILEX (the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives) course designed to develop more of an understanding of the workings and structure within legal offices.
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Aims and Objectives
The aim of this diploma is to teach you the key skills required to work as a Legal Secretary / Legal Administrator with a focus on Scottish Law.
Courses Included
In addition to these core subjects you’ll also study ‘Working in the Legal Environment’ which is a course created by CILEx (Chartered Institute for Legal Executives).
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CoursePre-Requisites
There are no pre-requisites for this diploma.
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
Once you’ve gained your Legal Secretary Diploma and gathered experience in the role, you could look to furthering your career by seeking work in a different legal specialism or by taking additional training to work toward the role of Paralegal.
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.
Our courses are practical in nature and focus on a single subject and can last anywhere from a few hours to a few days.
Diplomas are designed to give you a complete skillset mapped to a specific career path and contain a number of core and elective courses.
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