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(60 credits)
Purpose: Designed for students interested in a concentrated program in the legal administrative assistant field. Lawyers must rely on competent, skillful assistants who are flexible, resourceful, and responsible. Legal administrative assistants, also known as legal secretaries, are indispensable assets to the legal profession. Students learn the responsibilities of the legal administrative assistant including a complete introduction to the law, legal procedures and court systems, as well as necessary office and computer skills. Graduates may become employed in private attorneys’ offices, corporate legal departments, or governmental legal offices.
(Office Systems course descriptions)
(Computer Information Systems course descriptions)
(Paralegal course descriptions)
OSYS 1101 Keyboarding, 2cr
OSYS 1189 Office Systems Internship1, 4cr
OSYS 2220 Legal Machine Transcription, 2cr
CIS 1110 Microsoft Word, 3cr
CIS 1130 Introduction to Microsoft Excel, 1cr
CIS 1135 PowerPoint, 1cr
CIS 1150 Introduction to Microsoft Access, 1cr
PA 1102 Introduction to the Law and Contracts, 4cr
PA 1115 Law Office Procedures and Technology, 2cr
PA 2201 Family Law, 3cr or
PA 2202 Litigation and Trial Practice
INTS 1132 Effective Writing in Organizations, 3cr
Electives in CIS, PA, or BUS, 4cr
ENG 1108 Writing and Research Skills, 4cr
ENG 1111 Research Writing in the Disciplines or
ENG 1114 Research Paper, 2-3cr
COMM 1100, 1110, 2230, or 2240, 3cr
Math or Lab Science, 3cr
(See Goal 3 or 4 of MnTC)
Social Sciences, 3cr
(See Goal 5 of the MnTC)
Humanities/Fine Arts/Literature, 3cr
(See Goal 6 of MnTC)
Goals 7-10 Any course (see MnTC), 3cr
Liberal Arts electives2, 8-9cr
1. Students must obtain director’s written approval one semester in advance of registration for internship.
2. Includes MnTC courses, world language courses, CJS 1150, 1152, 1154, 1156, 1158, INTS 1000, 1101, MUSC 1105, STSK 1101, and THTR 1161.
For more information on the Legal Administrative Assistant program call Sally Dahlquist at 651/450-3567 or email sdahlqu@inverhills.edu.