Legal Assisting

Degree Earned:
Associate of Applied Business in Legal Assisting

Available Campuses for This Program:
Hattiesburg - Legal Assisting

Legal Assistant training curriculum that's legal centered

Our Associate degree in Legal Assisting offers education in a career field that is rapidly expanding in response to emerging technologies and a global legal market. Legal assisting offers a career that is intellectually stimulating, allows for daily interaction with both the public and other professionals, stays abreast of new and upcoming office technology, and introduces you to numerous areas of law. Upon completion of our Legal Assisting degree program, you will be proficient in the latest software and business practices and have basic knowledge of pertinent areas of law in today’s legal environment.

Our program provides hands-on training from qualified, licensed attorneys who give detailed instruction to prepare you to work in both the public and private sector. While giving you Mississippi legal assisting training, our program also teaches you skills in investigation tactics, organization, client relations, transcription and customer service. Additionally, you will receive specific training in client confidentiality requirements, legal research and writing, and have a basic understanding in foundations of the law, making you a crucial asset to your future employer.

Qualified legal assistants are being utilized in every field imaginable and often specialize in such diverse areas as government, medical, real estate, family/estate planning, commercial litigation, bankruptcy, and criminal and corporate law. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the legal assisting field is projected to grow 28% between now and the year 2018 as employers try to reduce costs and increase the availability and efficiency of legal services by hiring legal assistants to perform tasks once performed by lawyers.

The importance of legal assistants

As a graduate of Antonelli College’s Legal Assisting degree program, you will qualify to sit for a National Certification Exam that will increase your marketability as well as your accessibility to fantastic, fulfilling and well-paying employment. As a qualified and trained legal assistant capable of drafting legal documents and performing legal research, you can gain invaluable access to the legal system and become indispensable to your employer. With additional years of experience and/or training, you could qualify for advanced positions.