Legal Administrative Professional

Associate Degree: 10-106-3
Campus: Beaver Dam, Fond du Lac and West Bend

 
The Legal Administrative Professional program prepares students to provide client services; produce and coordinate legal communications, documents and information; and organize and maintain files. The coursework focuses on concepts, procedures and skills specific to the legal environment.

Individuals interested in this career are detail-oriented, have strong communication skills and enjoy working with others.

Graduates are employed in private law firms, the court system, government offices, financial trust departments or private industry. They work in a variety of law fields including bankruptcy, business and corporate, criminal, divorce and family, government, trademark and copyright, real estate, civil litigation, tax law, and estate planning.

This program is a nontraditional occupation for men.

Students with keyboarding experience take a keyboarding placement/advanced standing test prior to enrolling in Document Processing (106-120). After completing Document Processing, students enroll in Keyboarding, Speed and Accuracy Improvement (106-124).

Students with no keyboarding experience will enroll in the Keyboarding course (106-103) prior to enrolling in Document Processing.