Legal Administrative Assistant

Winter 2019

Enrollment:

Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer

Degrees and Certificates

Program Website:

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Tuition and Fees

http://www.ccs.spokane.edu/TuitionFees

Additional Costs

Books$3000
Supplies and Equipment$600
* Estimated cost of books, supplies and equipment for six quarters excluding prerequisites.

Program Description

The Legal Administrative Assistant program combines a well-balanced academic program with expert legal office instruction, giving the student the diversified training and background needed to hold a position of responsibility and importance in many areas of the legal world. This program helps raise the legal office skills of  the student to a professional level, gives the student a technical background through completion of technical skill courses and an academic background, provides the student a mature understanding of professional responsibilities, and provides for minimum additional on-the-job training.

To enter the certificate program, students must pass a keyboarding test with 40 wpm. A 2.5 grade or better in each class is required for an A.A.S. degree or Certificate.

Program Learning Outcomes

  1. Spell, pronounce, and correctly use legal terms.
  2. Write and accurately transcribe dictated legal material.
  3. Create pertinent legal forms and documents.
  4. Operate office equipment, including computers, printers, transcribing equipment, and copying machines.
  5. Organize and plan office work, and exercise leadership skills that encourage successful team work.
  6. Demonstrate ability to think critically.
  7. Demonstrate an entry-level competence and knowlege of word processing and knowledge of technological/legal advancements.
  8. Demonstrate language and human relations skills to enhance communications with other law-related offices and courts.

Career Opportunities

Legal administrative assistants are employed in the following areas: law offices, state and local courts, legal departments of banks, contract and mortgage departments of mortgage and insurance companies, and legal departments of private corporations such as real estate and brokerage firms, contract departments of TV and radio stations and administrative agencies.

Certificate - SCC

Offered at Locations:  Spokane Community College

First Quarter

BT   272Business Correspondence 5
LSEC 236Legal Terminology 5
LSEC 239Legal Formatting 25
Business Elective 3-5
18-20

Second Quarter

BT   231Office Procedures 35
LSEC 237Legal Terminology 5
LSEC 244Legal Machine Transcription 45
15

Third Quarter

LA   105Washington and Idaho Court Rules 3
LSEC 233Legal Office Practice 55
LSEC 285Legal Office Internship 3
Legal Administrative Assistant Elective 5
16
49-51 credits are required for the Certificate

Business Elective 

BUS  102Math Skills for Business 3
BUS  103Basic Business Math and Electronic Calculators 5

Legal Administrative Assistant Elective 

ACCT 141QuickBooks 5
ACCT 151College Accounting I 5
CATT 120Microsoft Word I 2.5
CATT 121Microsoft Word II 2.5
CATT 122Microsoft Access I 2.5
CATT 123Microsoft Access II 2.5
CATT 138Microsoft Excel I 2.5
CATT 139Microsoft Excel II 2.5
CATT 190Introduction to PowerPoint 2.5
CATT 191Advanced PowerPoint 2.5
CATT 222Advanced Microsoft Access I 2.5
CATT 223Advanced Microsoft Access II 2.5
CATT 238Advanced Microsoft Excel I 2.5
CATT 239Advanced Microsoft Excel II 2.5
LA   211Debtor-Creditor and Bankruptcy 3
LSEC 216Legal Office Procedures 5
1Must be taken during the first quarter concurrent with LSEC 239.
2Prerequisites for legal assistant students taking these classes as part of the legal assistant program are keyboarding skills of 40 wpm, BT 102, 109 and 165 or ENGL& 101 with a grade of 2.5 or better or with permission of the program coordinator.
3This course may be substituted with any related course, a combination of courses or prior office experience approved by the program coordinator.
4BT 235 and LSEC 239 with a grade of 2.5 or better or permission of the instructor.
5LSEC 239 with a 2.5 grade or higher or permission of the instructor. Use of a personal computer is required for LSEC 216 in order to download and access legal software.
6LSEC 239 with a 2.5 grade or higher or permission of the instructor. Use of a personal computer is required for LSEC 233 in order to download and access legal software.

Disclaimer: The college cannot guarantee courses will be offered in the quarters indicated. During the period this guide is in circulation, there may be curriculum revisions and program changes. Students are responsible for consulting the appropriate academic unit or adviser for more current and specific information. the information in this guide is subject to change and does not constitute an agreement between the college and the student.