Gibbs School - Vienna, VA

Legal Office Assistant Program
The Legal Office Assistant Program will prepare the ambitious individual for one of the most rewarding career tracks. In addition to possessing the knowledge and skills required of a professional in any office, the legal office professional must also understand legal practices, procedures and terminology.

A continuing demand exists for the legal office assistant within the legal profession, private industry, government, and politics. This specialty welcomes the person who is bright, capable, well-trained and possesses a combination of business and communication skills. Research or paralegal opportunities often develop for the capable legal office assistant.

Students will be introduced to:
- Terminology for dictation and legal tapes for machine transcription
- Preparing documents such as contracts, power of attorney forms, pleadings, affidavits, wills, interrogatories and answers, corporation charters, depositions, divorce complaints, appeal briefs, and legal citations.
- Various fields of law so that the student can adapt easily to any law office, including paralegal responsibilities
- The specialized procedures of a legal office including interfacing with clients, setting up calendars, arranging priorities, and decision making.
- Computer skills needed in most offices through a variety of information processing systems and applications
- The study of business law, which includes a legal research project and contributes to achieving a specialized background





Katharine Gibbs School - Melville, NY

Legal Executive Assistant Program - Business Certificate
The Legal Executive Assistant Program is a nine-month certificate program designed to prepare students for rewarding and challenging positions as legal secretaries and administrative assistants.

In addition to thorough training in essential professional skills, business procedures, and communication, this certificate program provides students with the opportunity to use current technology to manage information and to solve information management problems. Students are also introduced to court structure, legal writings, legal research and legal practice and procedure. Legal terminology and production of documents such as contract powers of attorney and affidavits are included. The certificate program contributes to their specialized backgrounds, as they become familiar with the formats and phraseology of the law. Students develop the skills to perform effectively in a general business environment and acquire an understanding of the special needs of the legal profession.

Associates Degree in Occupational Studies in Office Administration - Legal Concentration
The Office Administration A.O.S. Degree Program in Legal is an 18-month program that combines the college oriented experience of a liberal arts education with the executive level training in processional skills required for careers in the legal profession. The objectives of this Associate Degree program, like those of the school in general, are to maintain excellence in skills training; to prepare the students to meet the challenges of the competitive legal business world by providing an educational program of practical value enriched by broad liberal arts background; and to offer general education courses to foster critical thinking, communication skills, and a sound value system. The classroom experience is enhanced by an internship in the final quarter.