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Earn a Legal Administrative Assistant Diploma

Are you organized, detail-oriented and good with people? Do you want to work in a law office or corporate legal department? The Legal Administrative Assistant (LAA) Diploma program at Globe University will provide the skills you need to launch a rewarding career.

Legal administrative assistant program features

• Learn legal terminology, law office procedures and technology, American legal systems and legal research methods.
• Practice computer literacy and keyboarding skills.
• Prepare legal documents and forms for various legal areas. 
• Complete the program in just 15 months of full-time study.
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Career opportunities and job outlook 

There are more legal administrative assistant jobs than applicants! That is what we hear from employers, and the numbers back it up. The US Bureau of Labor Statistics expects the number of jobs for legal administrative assistants (legal secretaries) to increase more than jobs in all but a few other fields over the coming years.* Learn more about career opportunities in this field.

You may also be interested in scholarships, loans, grants and other financial aid opportunities. 

Do you want to learn more about becoming a legal administrative assistant? Call 1-877-303-6060 or request more information. We will be happy to answer any questions or schedule a tour of a campus near you.

*US Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Outlook Handbook 

Notes. 1 – Tuition, fees and textbook costs are current as of October 3, 2011 and represent estimated costs for students completing the program “on-time” based on current tuition levels which are subject to change; 2 – “Median Federal Loan Debt” is the median value of total debt from federal student loans for students completing the program in the 2010-2011 award year; 3 – “Median Private Loan Debt” is the median value of total debt from private loan sources for students completing the program in the 2010-2011 award year; 4 – “Median Institutional Loan Debt” is the median value of total debt from institutional financing plans for students completing the program in the 2010-2011 award year; 5 – the “On-Time Completion Rate” reflects the percentage of students completing the program in 2010-2011 who did so within the normal program length; 6 – Job placement rate calculated for 2010-2011 program graduates using the methodology established by the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools (ACICS – www.acics.org); 7 – O*Net is the U.S. Department of Labor’s database for job titles and information related to employment in specific career fields. The occupations listed in the table above result from entering the program’s CIP (Classification of Instructional Programs) Code into the O*Net Crosswalk at http://www.onetonline.org/crosswalk/. CIP codes reflect broad categories of educational programs rather than the specific focus of a program offered at a particular institution. As a result, the occupations listed above represent potential careers that may be obtained by graduates of this program and may include occupations in which program graduates do not work. Please speak to an admissions representative to learn more about specific career opportunities for graduates of this program. Values of “n/a” appear for programs that had fewer than 10 graduates in 2010-2011.