Legal Office Assistant, Certificate

Certificate—40 credit hours

Curriculum Code 1316

This program prepares students for positions as administrative assistants in a legal office. Graduates are skilled in office applications with an emphasis on advanced word processing, legal terminology and legal procedures. Graduates of this program must possess superior keyboarding language skills and proofreading skills.

Program prerequisite: keyboarding skill of 26 net words per minute by touch. Students who need to reach this skill level must enroll in OSA-100, Keyboarding I.

Required Career Courses

38 credit hours as follows:

BUS-136	Business Law	3
IMS-115	Microsoft Office I	3
OSA-102	Document Formatting	3
OSA-103	Office Language Skills	3
OSA-104	Keyboarding Speed and Accuracy	1
OSA-116	Microsoft Outlook	1
OSA-122	Microsoft Excel	3
OSA-145	Microsoft Word	3
OSA-230	Microsoft PowerPoint & Presentations	3
OSA-243	Business Writing	2
OSA-246	Microsoft Office Integration	3
OSA-252	Legal Documents and Terminology	3
OSA-255	Administrative Office Procedures	3
OSA-257	Microsoft Access	3
OSA-260	Seminar	1

(Note: OSA-104 May need to be repeated. Minimum skill level recommended for employment is 50 wpm)

Electives

Select at least 2 credit hours from the following:

MIS-111	Internet Technologies	3
MIS-146	Operating Systems	3
OSA-225	Microsoft Publisher	3
OSA-232	Introduction to Adobe Creative Suite	3
OSA-249	QuickBooks for Office Professionals	3
OSA-250	Records Management	2
OSA-258	Internship	3

Suggested Schedule

Semester 1 (13 credit hours)

BUS-136	Business Law	3
IMS-115	Microsoft Office I	3
OSA-102	Document Formatting	3
OSA-103	Office Language Skills	3
OSA-104	Keyboarding Speed and Accuracy	1

Semester 2 (12 credit hours)

OSA-116	Microsoft Outlook	1
OSA-122	Microsoft Excel	3
OSA-145	Microsoft Word	3
OSA-243	Business Writing	2
OSA-252	Legal Documents and Terminology	3

Semester 3 (9-10 credit hours)

OSA-230	Microsoft PowerPoint & Presentations	3
OSA-255	Administrative Office Procedures	3
OSA-260	Seminar	1
___-___	Elective	2-3

(Note: For elective select from program elective list)

Semester 4 (6 credit hours)

OSA-246	Microsoft Office Integration	3
OSA-257	Microsoft Access	3