BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY
ILEX DIPLOMA FOR LEGAL SECRETARIES TWO YEAR COURSE FULL-TIME (THREE BLOCK) COURSE
Why study the ILEX Diploma for Legal Secretaries? This two-year course offers the ILEX (Institute of Legal Executives) Level 2 Diploma for Legal Secretaries in the first year and the ILEX Level 3 Diploma for Legal Secretaries in the second year. On completion of the two year course you will be able to pursue a legal secretarial career with one of the many top London legal firms or local legal firms, which Palmer’s College has links with. This course can be combined with one or two A-levels.
BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY COURSES
OVERVIEW OF BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY COURSES
The Business Technology Department offers a variety of courses providing work based skills
These consist of a variety of one-block courses for those students who wish to combine their A-level or BTEC programme with work-based skills.
We also offer a full-time course for those students who know they do not want to go to university and want to train for a career as a legal secretary. This is the highly respected ILEX Diploma for Legal Secretaries.
What do I study? ILEX Diploma for Legal Secretaries which includes:
• legal word processing and legal audio transcription
• working in the legal environment e.g. organisational structures in the legal environment, the legal profession and what they do, office equipment, legislation, planning and prioritising your work, maintaining effective customer relationships
• spreadsheets and databases
OCR Certificate/Diploma in Text Processing Levels 2 and 3 which includes: • text production • word processing • legal text production • legal word processing • legal audio transcription • business presentations (PowerPoint)
and either shorthand or communication in business.
There is a complusory two week work experience placement at the end of year one. This can be undertaken either locally or at one of the London legal firms such as Clifford Chance, Allen & Overy and Berwin Leighton Paisner.
Where does the ILEX Diploma for Legal Secretaries take me? On completion of this course, you can pursue a career as a legal secretary. You may then wish to take examinations to become a Legal Executive and later you may wish to study to become a Solicitor. Palmer’s College has
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