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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.
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