Program Curriculum

Basic Instruction

Class 1

• Overview of program
• Typing Evaluation
• Word Evaluation

Class 2

• Chapter One & Chapter Three
  • Beginning your career
  • Overview of Firm
  • Membership in NALS
  • Law Firm Structure
  • Law Firm Personnel

Class 3

• Chapter Three continued
  • Skills of the Lawyer’s Assistant
  • Answering the telephone
  • Transcribing Equipment- Dictaphone
  • Office Supplies
  • Handling Incoming Mail
  • Law office filing

Class 4

• Chapter Six – Oral & Written Communications

Class 5

• Chapter Seven – Preparation of Legal Documents

Class 6

• Chapter Four – Computers in the Law Office
  • Word Overview
  • Email & Facsimile
  • Internet

Class 7

• Chapter Five – Accounting Overview
• Typing Evaluation

Class 8

• Chapter Nine – The Courts

Class 9

• Chapter Eight – The Law Library

Class 10

• Chapter Two – Ethics & Confidentiality
  • Resume Preparation
  • Dress For Success
  • Interviewing Techniques

Class 11

• Review of Course
• Re-evaluating Typing Skills

Class 12

• Final Examination

Intermediate Instruction

Class 1

• File Set-up
• Tickler System
• Initial Client Contact
• Checking for Conflicts
• Professional Attitude/Phone Etiquette

Class 2

• Lawsuit Preparation
• Determining Parties (Caption)
• Statute of Limitations
• Filing Complaint
• Filing Fees
• Civil Cover Sheet
• Summons
• Service of Process
• Defaults
• Affidavits

Class 3

• Certificate of Service
• Answer
• Affirmative Defenses
• Responsive Pleadings
• Counterclaim
• Cross Claims
• Third Party Actions

Class 4

• Discovery
• Interrogatories
• Request for Production
• Request for Admissions
• Scheduling Depositions

Class 5

• Discovery
• Interrogatories
• Request to Production
• Request for Admissions
• Scheduling Depositions

Class 6

• Motions
• Arbitration/Mediation/Hearings
• Orders

Class 7

• Preparing Matters for Settlement
• Proposals/Demands for Settlement

Class 8

• Preparation for Trial
• Pre-Trial Conferences
• Determining Witnesses
• Determining Exhibits
• Pre-Trial Conference Order

Class 9

• Trial
• Witness Preparation
• Jury Instructions
• Verdict Forms
• Voir Dire
• Opening Statements

Class 10

• Trial Outcomes
• Documents Filed After Verdict (Motion for New Trial/Re-Hearing/Relief)
• Entering of Judgment
  
• Enforcement of Judgment

Class 11

• Evaluation of Typing/Dictation Skills
• Final Examination

Class 12

• Overview of Final
• Graduation

If you are interested in scheduling an appointment for an entrance exam, email us at training@justlegalinc.com.

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