Are you looking for an administrative assistant position with above-average responsibilities? If so, consider a career as a legal administrative assistant.
Like “conventional” administrative assistants, legal administrative assistants are often responsible for managing communications, record-keeping, calendar maintenance and occasional research. However, working under an attorney’s direction, legal administrative assistants often have additional — and more challenging — responsibilities, including preparing standard legal documents such as wills, lease agreements and articles of incorporation, as well as doing research and investigative work to help attorneys prepare cases.
Because legal administrative assistant work is so demanding, specialized preparation is usually required for even an entry-level position in this field. Everest College of Business, Technology and Health Care offers this kind of specialized education at its Hamilton Mountain campus. At Everest College in Hamilton Mountain, students can take a Legal Administrative Assistant program that can have them ready to compete for jobs at law firms or government agencies in as little as seven months.
Covering the Basics
The intensive Legal Administrative Assistant program at Everest College in Hamilton Mountain covers a broad range of general and specialized topics to provide students with basic knowledge of the legal fields. Classes include:
- Introduction to Computers
- Windows Fundamentals
- Word Processing
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Business English and Proofreading
- General Law Office Procedures
- Wills and Estates
- Real Estate Law
- Civil Litigation
- Family Law
- Corporate and Commercial Law
- Principles of Canadian Law and Legal Terminology
Upon graduation, Everest students can take advantage of the school’s Career Services department, which can help them prepare their resumes, practice effective interviewing techniques and even identify local employment opportunities.
About the Hamilton Mountain Campus
Everest College in Hamilton Mountain is situated at 1039 Upper James Street just north of the Lincoln S. Anderson Parkway south of downtown Hamilton, Ontario (L9C 3A7). The campus offers ample off-street parking. It is also easily accessible by bus with two routes (20/27) running along Upper James Street.
For more information about the Legal Administrative Assistant program and other career education programs offered at Everest College’s Hamilton Mountain campus, contact Everest College today!
Financial assistance may be available for those who qualify.
