Communicaid’s Legal English for Legal Secretaries course is aimed at providing legal executives and paralegals with the communication tools and skills required to be proficient in their role. The course offers a detailed explanation of the key legal terminology they are likely to be exposed to in their daily work as well as its legal context, and develops the advanced communication skills required by legal secretaries in a modern-day legal department.
With training centres in London, Paris, Frankfurt and New York providing countrywide coverage and partner organisations worldwide, Communicaid is uniquely placed to be your local, national and international training partner for legal English for Legal Secretaries courses.
Benefits
Communicaid’s Legal English for Legal Secretaries course will provide you with:
- More confidence in your ability to use legal terminology and jargon
- Broader vocabulary for discussing commercial issues
- Production of more accurate notes and reports
Who should attend
Communicaid’s Legal English for Legal Secretaries course is ideally suited to assistants working in the legal field who do not have a formal legal qualification but need to be familiar with legal jargon and confident of its meaning and use.
Course content
The course content for English for Legal Secretaries will be determined by your level and requirements. However, core subject areas for all Legal English for Legal Secretaries courses will include:
- Formal writing skills: style, accuracy and structure
- Contract Drafting: key terms
- Translation of legal documents
- Telephone etiquette
- Advanced grammar within a legal context
Approach
Legal English for Legal Secretaries is available as both a public and tailored course. Please see ‘Course Dates’ for upcoming English for Legal Secretaries public course dates.
For a tailored option, Legal English for Legal Secretaries is available seven days a week, 365 days a year. Training takes place between 08:00 and 20:00 although training is also available outside of these hours upon request.
Legal English for Legal Secretaries is available as an intensive course although the most appropriate formats and learning platforms will be discussed during your diagnostic consultancy.
Suitable tailored and published Legal English course materials will be used throughout your course, with recommendations on self-study material and extra reading made at the beginning and throughout the duration of your course.
Course trainer
Your Legal English for Legal Secretaries course trainer will be assigned to you following the results of your diagnostic consultancy according to your objectives and areas of focus. |
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