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  • Level 5
  • 20 Credits
  • 0.1667 EFTS
  • Delivery type:
    Online only
  • Course duration: 16 weeks
  • Course cost:
    $675 NZ Domestic
    $1,772 NZ International
  • Workload - Approximately 13 hours per week
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This online course will provide you with a broad introduction to the operation of the legal profession, law office processes, key registry use, plus the applicable law and guidelines.  

Students who successfully complete this online course will be able to

  • Discuss the roles and functions within legal practice and common legal transactions occurring within law offices. 
  • Obtain and interpret information from relevant sources and registries and apply to common transactions.
  • Register documents at registries commonly encountered by legal executives.
  • Discuss and apply the legal requirements for trust accounts.
  • Draft a simple account to a client.
  • Draft simple statements commonly used in legal practice.

Assessment

50% internally assessed

50% exam

For more information and a full list of exam times see our examinations page.

Assessment for this course includes an examination

Open Polytechnic will, subject to you meeting the entry requirements for this course/programme, enrol you in this course.

Your enrolment in the course means that you should expect to complete an in-person examination.

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Textbooks

No textbooks are required for this course

How to enrol

Before enrolling in this course you need to:

  • choose the qualification you will study the course under
  • check the order that courses in the qualification should be studied in the Qualification Structure table. This is in the Choose courses and apply tab on the qualification page.

How to apply

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