This legal assisting program prepares students to support attorneys across a wide range of legal settings, including law firms, corporate legal departments, and government agencies. Graduates are ready for roles such as legal assistant or legal researcher and are eligible to pursue industry certifications, with flexible options to complete either a one‑year certificate or an associate degree.
Major code: 2105 Business, Engineering, and Information Technologies Division Digital Media and Administrative Technologies Department
The catalog in force is assigned to students based on the academic year they first applied to the college, and changes only when students change their major or request the change in writing. Refer to Policy No. 3357:15-13-28.
2026-27 Catalog
Effective Summer 2026
Some courses listed within the program may require a prerequisite or co-requisite.
Pre/Co-requisites will be listed within each course hyperlink below.
Refer to Policy No. 3357:15-13-04 and 3357:15-13-05
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Technical | ||
| AOT121 | Office Document Concepts | 3 |
| AOT127 | Word Processing - Microsoft Word | 3 |
| AOT129 | Keyboarding Skill Building | 1 |
| AOT130 | Editing, Proofreading and Language Skills | 3 |
| AOT224 | Legal Office Procedures | 3 |
| AOT226 | Spreadsheet - Microsoft Excel | 3 |
| AOT235 | Legal Research and Writing | 3 |
| AOT237 | Legal Office Applications | 3 |
| AOT239 | Legal Transccription | 3 |
| JCR131 | Legal Terminology | 3 |
| PSC122 | Introduction to Law and Legal System | 3 |
| Non-technical | ||
| SSC101 | Student Success Seminar | 1 |
| AOT132 | Records Management | 3 |
| AOT232 | AOT Practicum 1 | 2 |
| ACC121 | Introduction to Accounting | 3 |
| BUS121 | Business Administration | 3 |
| or PSC221 | State and Local Government | |
| COM121 | Effective Speaking | 3 |
| ENG124 | College Composition | 3 |
| ITD108 | Microsoft Outlook | 1 |
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Quantitative Reasoning | ||
| Statistics 2 | ||
| PSC121 | United States Government and Politics | 3 |
| PSC123 | Government & Legal Ethics | 3 |
| Select one (1) Arts & Humanities Elective | 3 | |
| Total Hours | 62 | |
- 1
Legal Assisting should complete AOT237 Legal Office Applications; AOP students should take AOT227 Administrative Procedures and Systems; AOP Virtual students should take AOT228 Virtual Administrative Assistant Procedures
- 2
MTH124 Statistics should only be taken by students planning to transfer to a four-year institution.
Students completing this degree may be eligible to also receive a Legal Assisting One-Year Certificate (2106).
Full-time Student Advising Notes
Academic Advising
Students should make an appointment to see their advisor before registering for classes each semester. They should have prepared a completed registration form, including courses they wish to take, prior to this meeting.
Course Sequence
The semester-by-semester listing below provides the normal scheduling option for full-time associate degree students who plan to finish in two years.
| First Semester | Hours | |
|---|---|---|
| SSC101 | Student Success Seminar | 1 |
| ENG124 | College Composition | 3 |
| AOT130 | Editing, Proofreading and Language Skills | 3 |
| AOT121 | Office Document Concepts | 3 |
| PSC122 | Introduction to Law and Legal System | 3 |
| AOT127 | Word Processing - Microsoft Word | 3 |
| Hours | 16 | |
| Second Semester | ||
| JCR131 | Legal Terminology | 3 |
| PSC121 | United States Government and Politics | 3 |
| AOT129 | Keyboarding Skill Building | 1 |
| AOT239 | Legal Transccription | 3 |
| AOT224 | Legal Office Procedures | 3 |
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Quantitative Reasoning | ||
| Statistics 2 | ||
| Hours | 16 | |
| Third Semester | ||
| AOT226 | Spreadsheet - Microsoft Excel | 3 |
| AOT237 | Legal Office Applications | 3 |
| BUS121 or PSC221 |
Business Administration or State and Local Government |
3 |
| AOT235 | Legal Research and Writing | 3 |
| ITD108 | Microsoft Outlook | 1 |
| ACC121 | Introduction to Accounting | 3 |
| Hours | 16 | |
| Fourth Semester | ||
| COM121 | Effective Speaking | 3 |
| AOT132 | Records Management | 3 |
| AOT232 | AOT Practicum 1 | 2 |
| PSC123 | Government & Legal Ethics | 3 |
| Arts Humanities Elective | 3 | |
| Hours | 14 | |
| Total Hours | 62 | |
Arts & Humanities Electives
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ENG233 | British Literature: Medieval to 1785 | 3 |
| ENG234 | British Literature: 1785 to Present | 3 |
| ENG235 | Introduction to Shakespeare | 3 |
| ENG236 | American Literature: Colonial to 1865 | 3 |
| ENG237 | American Literature: 1865 to Present | 3 |
| ENG241 | Major Modern Writers | 3 |
| HIS121 | United States History I to 1877 | 3 |
| HIS122 | United States History II from 1877 | 3 |
| HIS221 | World Civilization to 17th Century | 3 |
| HIS222 | World Civilization from 17th Century | 3 |
| PHL122 | Ethics | 3 |
Program Learning Outcomes
This program is designed to prepare students to demonstrate the following learning outcomes:
- Use appropriate resources to organize and develop information effectively and exhibit proficiency in the use of legal office procedures and legal information systems used in law offices and government and private agencies.
- Acquire, organize and evaluate information for making decisions and solving problems in a legal office environment.
- Demonstrate employability skills and professionalism in legal office occupations through sound work habits, ethics and responsibility, and work in individual and diverse team settings.
- Determine solution strategies to solve problems in the legal office environment by using the appropriate computational skills and technology.