THE BENEFITS OF ATTENDING OUR COURSE:

• it provides practical training to give you an insight into the legal profession and the nature of the work you may be called upon to perform.
• it is designed to promote confidence to encourage you to work as a freelance and enhance your chance of finding work and provides employers with Paralegals they can feel confident about employing.
• it gives you an understanding of not only HOW to perform certain tasks but also WHY you are performing them
• it gives you greater skills and options if you are seeking work or a career change and could enhance your chance of promotion
• you are awarded a certificate on completing the course provided you pass the course review test which can be taken at home.
• a one year Affiliate Membership of the National Association of Paralegals is included in the fee

THE STRUCTURE OF THE COURSE:

This course is unique in its approach because of the substantial amount of information that will be assimilated and learned in a relatively short period of time. There are however, plenty of opportunities for interaction and role play.

Using extracts from personal experience and real cases studies as examples, the course is entirely practical and lasts FOUR CONSECUTIVE DAYS

The four days is divided into five parts and a field trip.

COURSE TIMETABLE:

PART ONE on day one :
you will learn civil court procedures and the duties, skills and principles required to carry out solicitors' instructions.

FIELD TRIP on day two :
you will experience the Labyrinth that is the Royal Courts of Justice and learn how to find your way round this amazing place

PART TWO on day three :
you will learn how to take notes in court during trials or hearings, the duties involved in assisting barristers during criminal trials and how to take statements from witnesses.

PART THREE on day three:
you will learn how to analyse a case file and extract relevant information in order to prepare and present an application before a District Judge in chambers.

PART FOUR day four:
you will learn how to attend an immigration interview and ensure that your client's reasons and claims are fully represented and recorded.

PART FIVE day four:
you will learn what to do when a client is arrested and how to protect your client's interests during a police interview. The accreditation requirement and what this means.

Our policy is to encourage our students to find work and not to offer their services free on work placements which does not ultimately guarantee a job. Consequently, after the course we give you a test to do at home and subject to passing that, you will be sent your Certificate and a free 'Guide to finding work as a freelance Paralegal' which has benefited a number of past students.