The one‑year legal assisting certificate prepares students for entry‑level legal support roles in law firms, corporate legal departments, and government agencies. Designed for non‑degree‑seeking students, the certificate provides job‑ready skills and allows earned credits to be applied later toward the associate degree.
Major code: 2106
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
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Hours |
| 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 |
| AOT235 | Legal Research and Writing | 3 |
| AOT239 | Legal Transccription | 3 |
| JCR131 | Legal Terminology | 3 |
| SSC101 | Student Success Seminar | 1 |
| ENG124 | College Composition | 3 |
| ITD108 | Microsoft Outlook | 1 |
| PSC123 | Government & Legal Ethics | 3 |
| 3 |
| Total Hours | 33 |
Full-time Student Advising Notes
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 students seeking a one-year certificate.
Plan of Study Grid
| First Semester |
|---|
| SSC101 |
Student Success Seminar |
1 |
| ENG124 |
College Composition |
3 |
| ITD108 |
Microsoft Outlook |
1 |
| AOT121 |
Office Document Concepts |
3 |
| AOT130 |
Editing, Proofreading and Language Skills |
3 |
| AOT127 |
Word Processing - Microsoft Word |
3 |
| AOT235 |
Legal Research and Writing |
3 |
| | Hours | 17 |
| Second Semester |
|---|
| PSC123 |
Government & Legal Ethics |
3 |
| JCR131 |
Legal Terminology |
3 |
| AOT224 |
Legal Office Procedures |
3 |
| AOT129 |
Keyboarding Skill Building |
1 |
| AOT239 |
Legal Transccription |
3 |
|
3 |
| | Hours | 16 |
| | Total Hours | 33 |
Arts & Humanities Electives
Course List
| 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.
