Why study the Legal Secretarial Course with Shorthand?

This course is a two year course for students who wish to take three or four A-levels plus the Legal Secretaries Course with Shorthand.  It does not lead to an ILEX qualification – see ILEX Diploma for Legal Secretaries. You will learn how to produce legal documents and learn legal terminology as part of the OCR Certificate/Diploma in Text Production at levels 2 and 3, plus you will learn shorthand.

What will I study?

Teeline shorthand theory and speed development to 40-100 words a minute.

OCR Text Processing Certificate/Diploma – Levels 2 and 3 which includes:

• text production
• word processing
• legal text processing
• legal word processing
• legal audio transcription
• business presentations (PowerPoint)

Where does the Legal Secretarial Course with Shorthand take me?

On completion of this course, you can pursue a career as a Legal Secretary. Palmer’s College has strong links with legal firms in London and locally and our students are offered placements with these firms each year.

What do I need?

You will need the standard entry qualifications for level 3 course i.e. two Bs and four Cs but GCSE English at grade C or above is essential.