If you have the will, there is a way. Though there is no denying the fact that the global economic crisis has hit many people hard, one cannot also deny the fact that more and more people are earning tens of thousands of dollars per month through home based business. People have now found out an easy way to enhance their income through online business. They have found out that they too can make money online and that they need not be internet gurus or marketing specialists to make money online.In fact any ordinary person like you and me can start their online business and make money online from home based business. There are many different types of jobs that one can do in their pursuit of work from home. It all depends on the expertise and the capabilities of the person who is interested in starting a home business. The main advantage of a home based business is the flexible working hours. There is no need to get up early in the morning to beat the traffic rush in order to reach your place of work by 9 am. Now you can easily spend your entire day attending to other important tasks that need to be completed on an urgent basis.You can always start your work late at night and if so required, work overnight to complete it. There is no boss to yell at you when you are late by a few minutes. You should not forget that when you work from home, you are your own boss. This is the main reason why more and more people from all over the world are turning towards home based business. There is another factor that is luring people to work from home and make money online. These people know that the amount of money they can earn per hour by working online is far more than the amount of money that they are presently earning from their 9 to 5 job.These smart people also know the amount of money they shall save on transportation charges when they opt in for a home based business. The amount of time wasted in going to the office and returning back home from office can easily be utilized to make money online when they work at home. Still there are some people who are intimidated by the thought of a home business. They have doubts whether they will be capable to do such home based business.These people should know that there are many different types of online business and one or the other is suitable for most. If you can launch a browser and send emails, if you have got the capabilities of filling up online forms… you can successfully make money online. This is just the tip of the iceberg. If you specialize in any field, you can make much more money per hour when you work from home as opposed to the amount of money you make from your 9 to 5 job.

I hope you find the following information on Legal Secretarial/PA jobs useful.

THE ROLE

Legal secretaries assist in all aspects of running a law firm. The legal secretaries¡¦ jobs can include basic tasks such as word processing, audio-typing and dealing with general clerical work. Some legal secretary work can include meeting clients, arranging meeting and some even attend court or police cells.

Legal Secretary jobs can incorporate all areas of law – from criminal and civil law to property, family, corporate, private client and banking.

SKILLS and INTERESTS

If you are looking for a Legal Secretary job you should:

Have an interest in law

Have excellent secretarial skills

Be PC literate

Be accurate and methodical

Be discreet when dealing with confidential information

Have a good standard of English, spelling and grammar

Work well under pressure and be good a meeting deadlines

Of course, a polite friendly manner helps!

A mix of these skills would provide a solid foundation for anyone looking for jobs as a legal secretary

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QUALIFICATIONS

There are no formal qualifications to becoming a Legal Secretary, athough a high standard of general education is required. To become a Legal Secretary office and administration experience is useful as is some existing knowledge of the law.

Career Development

Employers often offer on the job training. There are different pathways that lead to legal secretarial qualifications:

** The Institute of Legal Secretaries and PA¡¦s

The Institute of Legal Secretaries and PA¡¦s offer a diploma that¡¦s has been recognised as the most comprehensive qualification for Legal Secretaries. The diploma is extremely useful if you are looking for jobs as a Legal Secretary. The syllabus for the general diploma is divided into five main units:

Outline of the English Legal System

Outlines of the Law of Contract and the Law of Tort

Conveyancing and an outline of Land Law

Civil Litigation

Succession (Wills, Probate and Administration)

The Institute of Legal Secretaries and PA¡¦s also offers courses for Legal Secretaries who would like to specialise in one are of law.

The subjects covered are:

- Civil Litigation

- Company and Corporate Law

- Conveyancing

- Criminal Law and Practice

- Matrimonial Law and Family Practice Succession

Click here for Institute Of Legal Secretaries Website and further information: http://www.institutelegalsecretaries.com

** ILEX Legal Secretaries Certificate & Diploma

ILEX offer a Legal Secretaries Certificate (Level 2) and a Legal Secretaries Diploma (Level 3)

The ILEX Paralegal Programmes (ILEXPP) for Legal Secretaries are now considered the benchmark for those aspiring to or working in a legal environment as secretaries or personal assistants. Reflecting the National Standards in Administration, the programmes offer: a flexible route,
no entry requirements (although a Grade C or above in English Language GCSE is desirable),
a choice of when and where to study, task based assignments which are all accompanied by up to date training manuals.”

The ILEX Legal Secretaries Certificate covers the following areas:

Legal Word Processing

Administration in the Legal Environment

Communication Skills in the Legal Environment

Information Processing in the Legal Environment

The ILEX Legal Secretaries Diploma covers the following areas:

Advanced Legal Word Processing

Advanced Administration in the Legal Environment

Advanced Communication Skills in the Legal Environment

Advanced Information Processing in the Legal Environment

Click here for ILEXPP Website and further information on the ILEX Tutorial (Training to be a Legal Secretary) Web pages

** OCR (RSA) Legal Word Processing

OCR(RSA)offers specialised qualifications in legal text and legal word processing. The course is for those with previous word processing experience who wish to specialise in legal work. This programme is ideal for those who are in employment or wish to gain employment in the legal sector. You will be taught about the production of a range of documents in a legal context. Legal styles and formats. Legal terminology and English grammar are also covered
Legal Text Processing is part of the OCR (Oxford, Cambridge and RSA) suite of qualifications in text processing which are widely recognised by employers as benchmark qualifications in text processing.

Candidates who are successful in achieving accreditation will be able to extend their range of text processing skills at intermediate level and progress to different optional units within the suite of units at Level 2 or to progress to the OCR Text Processing Advanced (Level 3) qualification.

Legal Secretaries work in all areas of law from solicitors offices, barristers chambers through to law courts, police stations and within in house legal teams. It is possible to start as a legal secretary and work towards becoming a legal executive, paralegal or a licensed conveyancer. You could even study for a law degree.

LET’S BEGIN AT THE BEGINNING
An artist once said, “To paint the perfect painting, first live the perfect life, and then just paint naturally.” The message here in your new found career as a real estate investor might be translated like this: “In order to make the perfect real estate investments, first live the perfect real estate investor’s life, and then just invest naturally.”

Notice the emphasis here is on living the kind of life, if not perfect, then at least the kind that is most appropriate to the activity you intend to pursue. Another way to look at this is to say those who are most successful are those who already are living most successfully. Success breeds success. If you’re going to play the part, you should already be living the part. A lot of how successful you’re going to become is based on how successful you already appear to be. There’s still a lot of truth in the old-fashioned idea that, to get a new job, first go out and buy yourself a new suit.

If you don’t communicate to the world that you’re already successful (even if you’re not there yet), then you at least need to communicate to the world that you’re already in business. How you do that is outlined in my text entitled “100% Financing When Buying Real Estate.”

BE A SEASONED REAL ESTATE INVESTOR RIGHT FROM THE START
At the moment you may very well be working full-time (40-50 hours per week) for somebody else. You may be working overtime, or even two jobs, just to be able to pay all your bills. So right from the beginning you don’t have much time to spend as a real estate investor. Believe it or not, this puts you in exactly the same “shape” as the most successful investors! As you can well believe, the whole idea of becoming emmensely successful is to be able to spend most of your time (40-50 hours per week) doing something else. Like enjoying yourself, partaking more in family life, or traveling extensively for pleasure. So your task at hand is to replace your current full-time job with forthcoming full-time pleasure, and in the meantime live just like a successful real estate investor does.

The successful, or seasoned, investor in real estate spends his or her minimum investing time in the most productive ways possible-just like you should. This seasoned professional has all the knowledge, all the tools, and all the experience needed to invest profitably and successfully. The very reason why you’re reading this text is to acquire the same knowledge that most of these others have only gained through experience. Hence, this is a shortcut to success as a real estate investor. You’ll acquire the knowledge you need in just a few weeks, instead of several years. Armed with this knowledge, you’ll easily be able to acquire the right tools, and your first experience should be positive. After that, it should become even more so, building your confidence as you experience continued success based on the knowledge you acquire right here, right now.

The first thing to do then is to act the part of a seasoned real estate investor. An important part of that is having the knowledge-which you are acquiring-about creative real estate financing, as, say for example, “100% Financing When Buying Real Estate.” My real estate investment course teaches you many ways to do exactly that, and you should review this material often as you begin and continue to invest in income producing real estate.

One of the most important parts of this material that you should begin immediately to absorb, and review continuously until you’ve mastered all the terms, in the glossary of my text, “100% Financing When Buying Real Estate.” The first thing anyone needs to learn when taking on a new role in life is the language of that role and/or that career. Ask any Shakespearean actor, for example. Thus the sooner you learn the lingo of real estate investing, the sooner you can present yourself as a seasoned real estate investor. So please be sure to purchase my text entitled, “100% Financing When Buying Real Estate.”