Legal Administration

Course details

course is designed to enable you to work in both specialist and general secretarial environments. In addition to developing your technical skills in a range of office-related activities, you will have a specialist focus on legal practice. You will develop your Microsoft Office skills alongside fast and accurate keyboarding. In completing this course, you will feel confident about working in any secretarial or legal environment and have developed strong individual and team skills.

Programme of Study

• Legal Practice and Procedures
• Business Law
• Communications
• Work Experience
• Word Processing
• Text Production with Data Entry
• Audio Transcription
• Database
• Spreadsheets

Components subject to change

Entry Requirements

• Leaving Certificate or equivalent
• Leaving Certificate Applied with a merit profile
• Full QQI Level 4 award with a merit profile
• Mature applicants – experience will be considered in lieu of formal qualifications

Places are offered following successful interview

Career Opportunities

• Legal departments of government
• Employment as legal executive

Higher Education Progression*

Athlone IT:

• Business (AL 850);
• Business & Law (AL 851)

IT Blanchardstown:

• Business (BN 101);
• Business & IT (BN 103);
• International Business (BN110)

BIFE:

• Office Administration Advanced QQI Level 6(6M4985)