Become a Certified Legal Secretary

The legal profession has a range of career opportunities available with over 300,000 positions today and is projected to grow to 325,000 by 2026. If you're ready to enter the legal profession and develop a great career that will be in-demand long into the future, this Certified Legal Secretary course can help by providing foundational knowledge over a broad range of legal topics to help prepare you for the NALS Accredited Legal Professional exam.

The Certified Legal Secretary course will help you gain the skills you need to enter the legal profession regardless of the type of law that interests you. Lawyers rely on these legal professionals to coordinate the daily functions of their law practice by maintaining schedules, managing clients, filing documents, drafting paperwork, and more. You will learn basic legal terminology, office procedures and management advice, basic accounting, and QuickBooks. Throughout the course, you will discover what it is like to work in this fast-paced, exciting, and in-demand field.

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Job Outlook for Certified Legal Secretaries

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the average salary of a legal secretary is currently nearly $53,000 per year.

Jobs are expected to increase by 10% through 2029, which is considered much faster than average positions. There should be plenty of job opportunities for legal secretaries regardless of location.

Course Objectives

  • Learn useful and practical office and administrative skills.
  • Gain legal research and writing skills.
  • Gain exposure to a broad range of law topics and fields.
  • Gain the foundational knowledge required to enter the legal profession.
  • Prepare for the NALS Accredited Legal Professional exam.

Certified Legal Secretary Certification

You will be prepared for the Accredited Legal Professional (ALP) Exam offered by NALS The Association for Legal Professionals.

In order to sit for the exam, students need to meet the exam eligibility requirements independent of our online program.

To sit for the ALP exam, you must have completed one of the following:

  • Completion of an accredited business/legal course,
  • Completion of a NALS Legal Training Course, or
  • One year of general office experience

Prerequisites and Requirements

\While there are no prerequisites to complete this course, it is designed to prepare you to pass the ALP exam. In order to sit for the exam, students need to meet the exam eligibility requirements independent of this course.

To sit for the ALP exam, you must have completed one of the following:

  • Completion of an accredited business/legal course,
  • Completion of a NALS Legal Training Course, or
  • One year of general office experience

This course can be taken on either a PC or Mac.

Instructors

Katherine Squires Pang, J.D., LL.M., M.Ed

Katherine Squires Pang, J.D., LL.M., M.Ed has practiced law with since 1983. She has served as an adjunct faculty member in the Graduate School of Management at the University of Texas, Dallas, and has been an adjunct faculty member of many universities, including New York University and UC Irvine. She received her B.A. in 1980 from Clark University, her J.D. from the University of Dayton Law School in 1982, her LL.M in Taxation from Georgetown University Law School in 1983, and her M.Ed from the University of Texas in 2001.

Ready To Start?

This is a self-paced course that can be completed 100% online. Open enrollment means you can start anytime.