National Diploma in Legal Secretary N4 – N6
The purpose of legal secretary training is to equip you with the basic legal knowledge and secretarial skills you need to work as a legal secretary.
What is the job of a legal secretary?
Legal secretaries do administrative work at law firms or at courts, assisting legal professionals with various duties. These could include: Preparing legal papers such as summonses and subpoenas. Collecting information needed for a case, such as medical records or accident reports.
Key Features
- Fully-accredited, successful registered qualifications
- Flexible learning environment
- Online student community
- Quality education
- Cost-effective
- Set your own pace
- Remote accessibility to online resources
Admission Requirements
- Grade 12 or its equivalent
- An equivalent NQF level 4 qualification.
- National Certificate (N3)
- International students with a Senior School Certificate can apply
Method of Study
- Online
- Full Time
- Part-TIme
- Correspondence
What Does A Legal Secretary Do?
Legal Secretaries often support lawyers and paralegals in different ways. They are tasked with traditional secretarial roles, like answering phone calls and greeting clients, but mainly with added dimensions, such as preparing legal documents and creating presentations.
Legal Secretaries also converse directly with all kinds of different people, including lawyers, and courtroom members.
Award
A student will qualify for a National N Diploma in Public Relations on completion of a minimum of 12 subjects, ranging from N4 – N6, together with a minimum of 18 months in-service training.
The College assists students with in service training as part of the learner support programme
Exmination & Certifications
DAM Technical College has two examination centres where student write the final examinations of the Nated N courses these are
- Pretoria Campus Examination Centre no. 899998801
- Braamfontein (Johannesburg) Campus Examination Centre no 8999990879
Certification Body: Department of Education
Legal Secretaries Mainly Handle the Following Tasks:
- Administer law firm work
- Produce legal documents
- Prepare court statements and forms
- Deal with clients
- Prepare research for lawyers
- Make and receive phone calls
- Book appointments
- Work with lawyers
- Collect case information
- General administrative work
Programme structure
First Semester Modules
- Office Practice N4
- Public Administration N4
- Communication N4
- Information Processing N
Second Semester Modules
- Office Practice N5
- Information Processing N5
- Legal Practice N5
- Communication N5
Second Year First Semester N6 Modules
- Office Practice N6
- Information Processing N6
- Legal Practice N6
- Public Relations N5
