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 a high degree of professionalism, as well as superior keyboarding, word processing, language skills, and proofreading skills.

Program prerequisite: keyboarding skill of 40 net words per minute by touch. Students who need to reach this skill level must enroll in OSA-100 Keyboarding & Basic Formatting (3 credit hours).

Gainful Employment Information

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