The Legal Support Specialist

The Legal Support Specialist, available at $54.99, has an average rating of 4.52, with 22 lectures, 1 quizzes, based on 342 reviews, and has 5000 subscribers.

You will learn about Build your career as a Legal Assistant – Create your Career Development Plan Learn the skills needed to be a successful Legal Assistant Effective legal administration Matter Management and Filing System Documents and Records Management Billing Systems – Effective review of narratives This course is ideal for individuals who are Legal Secretaries or Paralegals or Legal Support Staff or Legal Assistants or Executive Assistants or Office Managers It is particularly useful for Legal Secretaries or Paralegals or Legal Support Staff or Legal Assistants or Executive Assistants or Office Managers.

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Summary

Title: The Legal Support Specialist

Price: $54.99

Average Rating: 4.52

Number of Lectures: 22

Number of Quizzes: 1

Number of Published Lectures: 22

Number of Published Quizzes: 1

Number of Curriculum Items: 23

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 23

Original Price: $24.99

Quality Status: approved

Status: Live

What You Will Learn

Build your career as a Legal Assistant – Create your Career Development Plan
Learn the skills needed to be a successful Legal Assistant
Effective legal administration
Matter Management and Filing System
Documents and Records Management
Billing Systems – Effective review of narratives

Who Should Attend

Legal Secretaries
Paralegals
Legal Support Staff
Legal Assistants
Executive Assistants
Office Managers

Target Audiences

Legal Secretaries
Paralegals
Legal Support Staff
Legal Assistants
Executive Assistants
Office Managers

This course will walk you through the fascinating role Legal Assistants play in the day-to-day operations of a Legal Department, Legal Office or Legal Team.

Legal support staff are placed in a strategic position within the legal team which enable them to gain exposure, knowledge, information and power that can be used to take that position to higher levels.

Whether thinking on improving your legal support skills and/or moving to the lawyer side, this course will equip you with a wide range of resources to become an expert in your area and to showcase your value to faster and more efficiently pursue and achieve your goals.

Implementing best practices, being up to date with new technologies and developments in the legal field and talking the same “legal language” will help you to master your role and take it to the next level.

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction

Lecture 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: The Legal Support Specialist: Definition – Titles and Role – Scope of Work

Lecture 1: The Legal Support Specialist: Definition – Titles and Role – Scope of Work

Lecture 2: Working in a law firm or in-house legal department – Differences and advantages

Lecture 3: Legal Framework for the Legal Support Specialist: Standards and code of conduct

Lecture 4: The Job Description of Legal Assistants

Lecture 5: Career Development Plan

Chapter 3: Matter Management – The Legal Matter Life Cycle

Lecture 1: The Matter Management Life Cycle

Lecture 2: Phase 1: Receive the Matter – The "Legal Service Order Form"

Lecture 3: Phase 2: Assess the Matter – Conflict Check – KYC and DD checks

Lecture 4: Phase 3: Assign the Matter – Criteria for team assignments

Lecture 5: Phase 4: Engage the client – Letter of Engagements and Billing Arrangements

Lecture 6: Phase 5: Deliver the work

Lecture 7: Phase 6: Manage – Timekeeping – Understanding the billing system

Lecture 8: Phase 6: Manage – Review of Narratives

Lecture 9: Phase 7: Close the matter – Closure checklist and Lesson Learned

Chapter 4: Files, Documents and Records Management

Lecture 1: File Management – How to create and manage a filing system for your company

Lecture 2: Records and Documents Management

Chapter 5: Mastering your soft skills

Lecture 1: Soft skills for Legal Assistants

Lecture 2: Communication Skills – E-mail Communication Ettiquete

Lecture 3: Emotional Intelligence at the workplace

Lecture 4: Stress Management

Lecture 5: Confidentiality at the workplace

Chapter 6: Final Exam

Instructors

Amarelaw Legal Coaching and Training
Legal Coaching and Training

Rating Distribution

1 stars: 2 votes
2 stars: 9 votes
3 stars: 42 votes
4 stars: 125 votes
5 stars: 164 votes

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