CERTIFICATE IN LEGAL PRACTICE VBS016

  LEGAL PRACTICE DISTANCE LEARNING COURSE

 Find Your Niche in the Legal World

• 600 hours -study anywhere in the world, at your own pace.
• Work in legal support or related services such as security or welfare.
• To pass this course you need to satisfactorily complete all assignments and pass six exams
• If you ar unsuccessful at an exam or assignment you are always given plenty of opportunity to try again.
  

Course Structure

Six modules need to be successfully completed, as follows:

• Office Practices
• Legal Terminology
• Criminal Psychology
• Bookkeeping I
• Professional Practice for Consultants
• Technical Writing

What's in Each of these Modules?

Module 1 Office Practices

The course covers the following in 8 lessons:

1. The Modern Office: Scope of office work, procedures, the home office vs commercial premises, etc.
2. Communication Systems: Using the phone, business letters, faxes, couriers, postage, etc.
3. Interpersonal Communications
4. Phone Skills
5. Writing Letters and Other Documents:Writing Letters and Reports. Structure of a report, memos, business letters.
6. Computer Applications: Scope & uses of computers, types of computers, software types, peripherals, word processing, CD Roms, Modems, setting up and care of a PC.
7. Office Organisation and Procedures: Stationary, Office furniture, Paper specifications, Filing & record keeping etc.
8. Health and Safety in the Office: Office layout and organization, security.

Module 2  Legal Terminology

There are eight lessons in this module as follows:

1. Scope and Nature of Legal Terminology
2. The Legal Workplace –People & Processes
3. Legal systems –Australia, UK, International Law etc.
4. Contract & Business Law
5. Property Law - Buying & selling property, Conveyancing, Intellectual Property
6. Wills, Probate, Estate Law
7. Criminal Law
8. Other –Tort law, Family Law, Civil Actions, Bankruptcy, Insurance, Accidents Compensation

Module 3 Criminal Psychology

There are ten lessons consisting of -

1. Introduction to Criminal Psychology
2. Psychological approaches to understanding crime
3. Psychology and understanding serious crimes
4. Mental disorder and crime 1 – Learning disabilities and crime
5. Mental Disorder and Crime 2 - Psychopathy 
6. Gender and Crime
7. Youth and Crime
8. Psychology and the Police
9. Psychology in the Courtroom
10. Psychology and Crime Prevention

Module 4   Bookkeeping I

There are 13 lessons as follows:

1. Introduction – Nature and Function of Accounting for Service Firms
2. Balance Sheet
3. Analysing and Designing Accounting Systems
4. The Double Entry Recording Process
5. Cash Receipts and Cash Payments Journal
6. Credit Fees and Purchases Journal
7. The General Journal
8. Closing the Ledger
9. Profit and Loss Statement
10. Depreciation on Non-current Assets
11. Profit Determination and Balance Day Adjustments
12. Cash Control: Bank Reconciliation and Petty Cash
13. Cash Control: Budgeting

Module 5    Professional Practice for Consultants

There are eight lessons in this module as follows:

1. Determining If a Consultancy Practice is for You
2. Planning a Consultancy Practice: Part 1
3. Planning a Consultancy Practice: Part 2
4. Knowing What to Charge
5. Setting Up Your Consulting Practice
6. Keeping Accounts and Records
7. How to Generate Business & Keep It
8. Maintaining Your Consultancy Practice

Module 6 Technical Writing

There are nine lessons in this module as follows:

1. Scope and Nature of Technical Writing
2. Presentation
3. Matching style and content to the audience
4. Planning: Developing a Logical Structure or Format
5. Collaborative Writing
6. Writing Technical Periodicals
7. Writing Manuals and Procedures
8. Writing Project Proposals
9. Writing Project Reports.

Why Choose to study with ACS?

• Service –We put the student first; tutors and administration
  can be contacted 5 days a week, 50 weeks of the year, by phone or email.
• We provide better Learning – we’ve been delivering distance
  education for over 3 decades, and we understand how people learn by home study.
  Our methods are unique, developed through trial and error always with our focus
  squarely on helping you learn.
• Up to Date –We are continually revising and updating
  courses. We listen to our students feedback and we always improve the course if
  a change is identified that will help significantly improve your learning.
• More Choice –Graduates need a set of skills that will set
  them apart and give them an advantage over competition in the world after
  study. We have a wide variety of study choices, and give you lots of options to
  choose different paths throughout a course. Doing this has meant an ACS
  graduate is always different to other ACS graduates; and that difference has
  made our graduates very successful.
• No Short Cuts –You can’t take short cuts in learning; and
  that is why our courses are often longer than what you find elsewhere. Sure,
  anyone can study a short course, quickly sit an exam (while the information is
  fresh) and pass; but if you want to really understand something and retain it,
  that takes time.
• More than just Learning Facts –We understand that success in
  the workplace or business requires you to not only learn things, but also build
  networks, understand the commercial world, be able to solve problems, communicate
  with people, and have an attitude that will function in your chosen industry.
  Our courses are designed to develop all of these things.

Take a first step toward working in the Law.

This course can be valuable for anyone who needs to work within a Legal office, Paralegal or Legal Support situation (eg. Law office staff, Paralegals, Legal Assistants, Solicitors, Law Professors, Legal Receptionists/Secretaries, Private Investigators, Authorised Government Inspectors and Officers, Law Enforcement Officers and many others.