Training:

Certificate IV in Legal Services

(Enrolment Form Code: BSB41207)

Modules

Legal Office Introduction

• Legal employees and their role within a legal office environment.
• Areas of law involved in a legal environment.
• Role of the Law Institute of Victoria.
• Role of the Legal Aid Commission.
• Role of the Ombudsman.
• Role of the Director of Public Prosecutions.
• Understanding ethics of employment in a legal environment (covering confidentiality).

Legal Office Roles and Procedures

• Secretarial criteria and efficiency.
• Office and business etiquette.
• General office procedures required for employment within a legal office covering photocopying, faxing, filing, Ausdoc, binding and laminating.
• Reception and telephonist procedures.
• Accounts procedures including office and trust accounting.
• Business letters.
• Style manuals.
• Computer functions.

Court Structure and the Legal System

• Role of the Courts.
• Court personnel.
• Government offices including the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC), Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT), Water Boards, State Revenue Office, Office of Fair Trading and Business Affairs, Land Titles Office and the Liquor Licensing Commission.

Wills and Probate

• Requirements for making a will, definitions required for will making, general clauses and meanings, procedures relating to will making and related power of attorney requirements.
• Procedures and requirements for obtaining probate and letters of administration including definitions relating thereto, terminology and documentation.
• Utilising the LawPerfect system undertaking a case study.
• Practical display and practical exercises in relation to wills and probate matters.
• Attend the Probate Office and undertake the required procedures relating to searching and lodging of the documentation.

Family Law

• Procedures and documentation relating to divorce, final orders and child support including precedent documentation, definitions, terminology and administration duties.
• Children's issues.
• Utilising the LawPerfect system undertaking a case study.
• Practical display and practical exercise in relation to family law.

Litigation - Common and Commercial

Common Law Litigation (Civil Litigation)

• Common law litigation relates to the law of disputes between individuals. This area is covered in detail and includes the terminology and definitions involved in litigation. Procedures relating to a dispute, claim and/or debt. Procedures for handling a file on behalf of the plaintiff and defendant are undertaken utilising the appropriate court documentation.

Criminal Law

• An overview of what criminal law is and its effect and result on society including a description of the types of crimes, penalties and defences. Definitions and terminology relating to criminal law. An overview of the Court structure in Victoria. Police rights and regulations.

WorkCover

• WorkCover relates to the rights of employees whilst employed. This module covers terminology and definitions of WorkCover. Procedures relating to a claim. Rights of both the employer and employees and the documentation and procedures involved therein.

Personal Injuries

• Terminology, procedures and documentation relating to a personal injuries claim including the appropriate correspondence to arrange medical appointments.

Bankruptcy

• Bankruptcy relates to individuals being unable to pay for their debts. This area of law covers the procedures relating to both creditors and debtors' petitions to enter into bankruptcy. Terminology and definitions are included as well as the rights and affects of becoming a bankrupt.

Magistrates' Court

• Undertaking a Magistrates' Court matter as a case study relating to debts, property damage, both defended and not defended.

County Court

• Undertaking a County Court matter as a case study including procedures for a matter, both defended and not defended.

Supreme Court

• Overview of the Supreme Court with regard to the interlocutory steps, court processes and documentation preparation.

Court Filing

• Attend the courts and instruction on the procedures relating to lodging of documentation at the Supreme, County and Magistrates' Court.

Document Preparation

• Case study utilising the LawPerfect precedent system.
• Practical display and practical exercise relating to all areas of litigation.

Commercial Property and Corporate Law

• Commercial law relates to the law of contracts. This is a wide and specialised area and covers many aspects of legal. Corporate law relates to company law. In these modules both the definitions and terminology are extensively covered plus document layout with special regard to the appropriate rules and regulations applicable.
• Case study utilising the LawPerfect precedent system.
• Practical display and practical exercise relating to commercial property and corporate law.

Conveyancing

• Residential conveyancing means the buying and selling property of houses, vacant land, apartments, flats and units.
• In this area extensive coverage is made of the procedures relating to a sale of a property including the documentation involved, the procedures and the time limits with special regard to the rules and regulations covering this area.
• Also extensively covered are the procedures relating to a purchase of a property and includes the documentation involved, the procedures and the time limits.
• Settlement procedures are included within this area.
• Mortgage documentation is also covered.
• Students will produce two residential conveyancing files from initial instruction to settlement. One file for a vendor and one file for a purchaser.
• Practical display and practical exercise in relation to conveyancing matters.
• Case study utilising LawPerfect for the production of conveyancing precedent documents.
• Researching government offices which includes the Land Titles Office, State Revenue Office, Office of Fair Trading and Business and the Australian Securities and Investment Commission.

Equal Opportunity and Discrimination

• This module takes a look at Victoria's Equal Opportunity Act. It focuses on the grounds for discrimination; age, disability, sex, politics, race, religion, marital status.
• Complaint procedures.

Secretarial Keyboard Skills

• Extensive training on accuracy and increasing speed is included, if required.
• Typing and word processing of legal correspondence and documentation relating to the areas of law studied in theory.
• Dicta typing, introduction to computers and word processing.
• Word processing training on Word for Windows 2003 which is extensively used within the legal environment. In this area functions relating to the necessary production of legal documentation will be extensively covered.
• LawPerfect training. LawPerfect is a legal precedent documentation package utilised widely with legal firms. Please note: if undertaking course by correspondence attendance at our office will be required for LawPerfect training.

Job Placement

Our human resources division handles:

• Preparation of your resume
• Interview techniques
• Job searching skills
• We offer a placement service for Graduates (free of charge).

 

 

Please send your resume and covering letter to:
jobs@jobsandtraining.com.au