Legal Administrative Assistant

Courses

Major Description

This major is designed to prepare students to work in a variety of legal-related fields. Specialized legal courses include Civil Procedures, Family Law, and Criminal Law, as well as exposure to basic legal concepts through courses in Transactional Law and Legal Proofreading and Editing. Students will also take a variety of general administrative courses covering keyboarding, communications, and software applications.

Nature of Work

The Legal Administrative Assistant program is designed to prepare students to become integral members of a law office or legal department. These students will study information focusing on a variety of legal applications including civil procedures, family law and criminal law, and ethics, as well as general office applications. They will also become skilled in use of various software programs such as word processing, e-mail, and time and billing. Students will learn legal terminology and be able to produce a variety of legal documents.

Career Opportunities

Graduates find employment opportunities as legal administrative assistants in law firms, court systems, insurance agencies, legal and trust departments of banks, large corporations, and government agencies.

Program Delivery

Students can begin this program Fall or Spring semester. Legal courses (OTEC) are offered online, and general courses (OFFC) are offered primarily during the day. Full- or part-time starts are available.

MOS Certification

DCTC offers courses to prepare students for the Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) certification exam. MOS is the globally recognized standard for validating expertise with the Microsoft Office suite of business productivity software. For more information call 651-423-8428.

Program Prerequisite

A two-minute typing test will be given before students can take OFFC1005 Keyboarding/Formatting. Students must achieve a speed of 35 words per minute with five or fewer errors to be admitted to the course. If students do not type at this level, they must successfully complete OFFC1000 Basic Keyboarding prior to registering for OFFC1005 Keyboarding/Formatting.

After DCTC

DCTC has transfer agreements for this program with the following colleges: Southwest Minnesota State University and Saint Mary's University. See Transfer Credits for more information.

Student Outcomes

  1. Graduates will be prepared for immediate employment in their respective fields.
  2. Graduates will have successfully completed coursework in a simulated office environment.
  3. Graduates will be able to utilize software applications to produce mailable documents.
  4. See General Education outcome statement.

Academic Advisor

Dean

  • Gary Hebert
    Dean of Customized Training, Technology and Business and Professional Development

Faculty

Susan Johanson 651-423-8239 susan.johanson@dctc.edu BIO
Charlotte Kodner 651-423-8428 charlotte.kodner@dctc.edu BIO
Judith Reese 651-423-8389 judith.reese@dctc.edu BIO
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