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2008 Basic Training Course for the Lawyer’s Assistant
     
WHO:   Anyone interested in—
  • Entering the legal field as a lawyer’s assistant
  • Expanding your legal knowledge
  • Effectively marketing yourself
  • Demonstrating your preparedness for a demanding career in the legal field·
  • Preparing for the NALS ALS exam, the basic certification for the lawyer’s assistant
     
 

WHAT: A 13-week course focusing on the knowledge that is expected of a lawyer’s assistant and covering grammar, written communications, office procedures, legal knowledge, ethics, human relations, and judgment, culminating with administration of the NALS ALS certification exam. This course is an excellent tool in preparing for the ALS exam . . . the basic certification for the lawyer’s assistant, which is directed to anyone who has completed this legal training course or an accredited office curriculum course or has at least one year of general office experience at the time of taking the ALS exam.

 

WHEN: Classes will be held on Saturdays from July 26, 2008 through November 8, 2008, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The NALS ALS certification exam will be administered on Saturday, December 6, 2008.

 

WHERE: Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P., 51st Floor, 1301 McKinney, Houston (Downtown), Texas

 

COMPLETION: A certificate of completion will be awarded to all who attend at least 80 percent of the scheduled classes and obtain a passing grade of 70 percent or better on the final exam for this course, or a certificate of attendance will be awarded for class attendance.

 
COST: $410 for nonmembers (although membership is not required, an optional one-year membership is offered with a nonmember registration); $270 for members. All refund requests must be in writing, and no refunds will be granted after July 25, 2008. Books for this class are included in the fees.
 

For further information contact:

Angela Ybarra, PLS, TSC or Christina Ramon, ALS
als@houstonalp.org

 

 


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