Want to have a career in legal office support?

If you are looking to become a legal secretary or a legal executive there are a number of ways you can start your career. You can start as an office assistant straight from school or a business related technical course. This is the first step. To improve your opportunities to progress you can look at training courses here www.officetrainingcentre.co.nz   or contact us for a list of courses available.

If you are already a secretary and like the idea of working in a law firm then there are a number of areas that we can offer to you to get started. We have clients who actively recruit secretaries without legal experience. If you have worked in a corporate company, banking or finance, property development and sometimes real estate or insurance as a secretary then we can match this to roles in law firms as well.   If you are interested, talk with us now.

There are two common ways to become a legal executive:

On leaving school you can enrol in the Legal Executive Course at AUT. This is a part time course for one year at the end of which you will become a qualified legal executive. This certificate will get you started as an office assistant in a firm and occasionally as a trainee legal secretary. However experience is essential. It takes between 3 – 5 years to work your way towards a full legal executive role. Most legal executives work in property law and a few work in litigation.

If you are working already outside of legal or as a legal secretary you can do the legal executive course part time after work. To find out more about the course go here and the Legal Executive Institute.

A legal executive role is both exciting and challenging with lots to learn. Find out how to get started in this career.

There are several career paths to get started in legal accounts. You can start as an office assistant and when an opportunity comes up as an account's assistant you can let your manager know that you are interested. If you have worked with a trust account or in a bank, law firms are often interested in this experience. To find out more about a legal accounts career click here.