AOT 3150 - Legal Office Ethics and Procedures

Clock Hours: 120

Delivery Mode
on-ground

Prerequisites: Completion of General Office and Administrative Support
Specialist Certificates

Industry Certifications To prepare students for the Certified Legal Professional /Professional Legal Secretary exam with the National Association of Legal Secretaries; www.nals.org.

Course Description:
This course will introduce the principles of professional responsibility and ethics of the legal office, regulation of the legal profession, lawyer-client relationship, conflicts of interest and rules of confidentiality.

Student Learning Outcomes:

Gain an understanding of the careers that exist in the legal field.
Describe the structure and organization of small, medium and large firms.
Understand the operations and management of a law office.
Identify the areas of the law office that become duties of the legal administrative assistant.
Be able to distinguish between permissible and impermissible conduct in the legal office and common ethical and malpractice problems in a law office.
Understand accounting principles that will be used to financially manage the legal office, to include: billing, managing client trust accounts and payroll.
Understand records / file management in the legal office.
Learn the importance of the law library and how to research using it.