Program Overview
Get the training you need to become a Legal Transcriptionist - at home with Penn Foster Career School.
The Penn Foster Career School Legal Transcriptionist Program helps you learn quickly and conveniently!
Upon completion of the Legal Transcriptionist program, the student will be able to:
- Discuss how history has shaped the organization and structure of contemporary courts
- Use and understand basic legal terminology in the drafting of legal documents
- Prepare legal documents utilized in various fields of law, including pleadings, discovery, and appellate procedures
- Use legal libraries, computers, and the Internet to complete legal research
- Use basic word processing programs to create, edit, format, save, and print correspondence, reports, tables, newsletters, and Web pages
- Transcribe and revise any legal document with correct formatting, punctuation, and spelling using word-processing software
- Obtain entry-level employment as a legal transcriber in law firms, independent transcription agencies, corporations, government agencies, insurance companies, banks, and even the military
You’ll also get valuable information intended to help you develop the personal skills needed for a career as a legal transcriptionist such as handling problems, setting up a time-management program, handling work overload, and effective stress-management strategies.
What can you expect as a Legal Transcriptionist?
In today’s litigious world, Legal Transcriptionists are called upon to draft pleadings, discovery documents, and appellate procedures, use legal libraries to perform legal research, and revise completed transcriptions.
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- All the books, lessons, and study guides
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Start today and in as little as eight months from enrollment, you can be on your way to a new career.