Legal Shorthand
Students in this course will learn to apply the principles of legal transaction. Practice in transcribing a variety of legal reports from machine recorded legal information with speed and accuracy will be emphasized, as well as proofreading skills in utilization of a reference materials. It is designed to teach legal language by learning the shorthand strokes of prefixes, suffixes, root words, abbreviation and pronunciation of words.

It is also designed to study the introduction to legal vocabulary including Latin terms and transcription in the fields of litigation, family law, conveyance, wills, and states and transcription of dictated legal documents. Terminology will be enable the Legal Office Assistant student to prepare for work in all legal environments. Emphasis on producing high quality work.