Legal Office Management
Certificate of Achievement
Career/Technical (Major Code: A2463)
Provides training for individuals who desire to work in managerial positions in a legal office environment or who desire to advance in their careers. Emphasizes leadership, communication, supervisory, managerial, and technical skills required in the legal office setting. Students who successfully complete the program will gain entry-level employment as a law office manager/administrator, office supervisor, human resources officer, personnel officer, in a law office environment, legal services, local or State government agencies.
Program Student Learning Outcomes
- Student will evaluate documents required in the administration of a legal office and apply this information to provide an efficient and productive legal office environment.
- Student will train office staff and be open to the ideas and changes proposed by supervisors and staff and their integration into the legal office environment.
- Student will interact properly and ethically in a legal environment with people of diverse backgrounds and determine how to manage the various individuals in a sensitive and respectful manner.
- Student will research office efficiency by identifying, analyzing, and assessing the topic of office efficiency from a variety of sources and apply results to specific office situations.
Gainful Employment
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Students who complete this program will have acquired the necessary analytical tools to successfully secure gainful employment in the field of study.
For more information regarding the data provided for this program and what it means to you as a student, please feel free to visit our SWC Gainful Employment website at: www.swccd.edu/gainfulemployment.
Code | Title | Units |
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Program Requirements | ||
ACCT 7 | BASIC BUSINESS BOOKKEEPING | 3 |
BUS 211 | COMMUNICATION IN BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY | 3 |
LEGL 225 | LAW OFFICE MANAGEMENT | 3 |
LEGL 270 | COMPUTER SKILLS FOR LEGAL PROFESSIONALS | 2.5 |
LEGL 290 | LEGAL COOPERATIVE WORK EXPERIENCE I | 1-3 |
Plus the courses required for the Legal Office Management-Basic certificate | ||
BUS 200A | MICROSOFT WORD: BEGINNING | 2.5 |
BUS 200B | MICROSOFT WORD: ADVANCED | 2.5 |
BUS 206 | FILING AND RECORDS MANAGEMENT | 2.5 |
BUS 210 | BUSINESS ENGLISH | 3 |
LEGL 255 | INTRODUCTION TO LAW AND LEGAL TERMINOLOGY | 3 |
Total Units | 26-28 |