The Legal Secretary's Guide

• Completed specimen forms and documents, demonstrating how all documentation should be processed in practice
• Excellent coverage of topics in an accessible style make this suitable for experienced legal secretaries who want to know more about their area of law, or for non-legal secretaries wishing to learn about the role
• A test yourself section at the end of most chapters, making this the ideal study, or desktop, aid for the experienced legal secretary or beginner to the position
• A guest chapter on finding a job has been written by Zarak Legal, a leading legal recruitment consultants firm in the City of London
• The inclusion of useful addresses, telephone numbers and web addresses make this a practical guide

New to this edition

• Updated contents to take account of changes in the law which are relevant to a legal secretary
• Completed new specimen forms and documents offering those in training the ideal opportunity to see how to use forms they will come across in day to day practice

Readership: Those wishing to be legal secretaries taking legal secretarial courses in colleges of further education and private training.

Ann Cheyne, Freelance lecturer in training courses for legal secretaries

Introduction
Glossary
General Procedures
Quick Introduction to the Internet
Civil Litigation
Tribunals, Other Bodies, ADR
Family Law
Criminal Law
Legal Aid
Licensing
Appeals, Judicial Review, Case Stated
Companies and Businesses
Wills and Probate
Conveyancing
Forms of Address for the Judiciary
Finding the right job
Addresses and Telephone Numbers
Useful web addresses