Your N4 – N6 National Certificate courses will take a total of 36 months to complete.

No, you cannot become a Legal Secretary if you do not have a Matric Certificate.

To become a Legal Secretary, you will need to complete all your theoretical courses and obtain a:

• Legal Secretary: NATED N4 National Certificate
• Legal Secretary: NATED N5 National Certificate
• Legal Secretary: NATED N6 National Certificate
• Legal secretary: NATED N6 National Diploma

In order to get on a National Diploma level for NATED Legal Secretary, you will need to complete the N4 to N6 Legal Secretary courses along with an additional 18 months of practical work experience.

Legal Secretaries must be both proactive and driven. They must stay on schedule with paperwork, research, and assignments. It is more about anticipating employer and client needs and less about waiting for instructions from the solicitors.

With a Legal Secretary: NATED N5 National Certificate, you can become a:

• Legal Administrative Assistant
• Managing Assistant
• Legal Typist

Yes, all NATED programmes are internationally recognised and meet all of the international education standards.

The following subjects will be covered during the Legal Secretary: NATED N5 National Certificate course:

• Office Practice
• Communication
• Information Processing
• Legal Practice

You have to complete the Legal Secretary: NATED N4 National Certificate course to start your N5 course. During the N4 course, you will cover the following subjects:

• Office Practice N4
• Entrepreneurship and Business Management N4
• Communication N4
• Information Processing N4
• Introductory Computer Practice N4
• Computer Practice N4
• Introductory Information Processing N4
• Mercantile Law N4
• Public Administration N4

NATED qualifications are accredited by the Quality Council of Trades and Occupations (QCTO).

Your NATED qualification will be awarded by the DHET and the QCTO.

For each theoretical course within your chosen NATED programme, you will have to complete three online examinations and one final exam.

Once you have completed your Legal Secretary N5 National Certificate course, you will be eligible to study towards the Legal Secretary NATED N6 National Certificate course.

No, you cannot get a National Diploma with an N5 National Certificate. To apply for a National Diploma course, you need to have an N6 National Certificate.

For more information on the current tuition and registration fees for the N5 Legal Secretary Course, contact one of our course specialists.

The Legal Secretary: NATED N6 National Diploma is on an NQF level 06.

To start the N5 Legal Secretary course, you will need to have a Legal Secretary: NATED N4 National Certificate.

Yes, it is worth studying the Legal Secretary N5 National Certificate course. Getting your N5 Legal Secretary National Certificate will develop your expertise as a Legal professional, and will aid in your employment possibilities. Your N5 Legal Secretary course is also an important step to take in getting your National Diploma qualification in Legal Secretary.

Yes, in order to study the NATED Legal Secretary programme you will need to have a Matric Certificate.

Yes, Legal Secretary is a good career option. Legal Secretaries are highly valued by law firms, so you will have high employment opportunities, and your chances of landing a job in the legal sector will be high.

During your N5 Legal Secretary course, you will complete two assessments, and write two examinations, for every subject studied.

Legal Secretary’s earn about R17 000 per month in South Africa, with salary ranges from R13 000 (entry level) to R26 000 and above, depending on your experience.

No, Legal Secretaries are not lawyers, but act as aid to lawyers. Legal Secretaries perform the administrative tasks in legal firms, offices, or at courts, and assist various legal professionals.

No, you cannot. To register for our Legal Secretary course you will need to have a National Senior Certificate or an Amended Senior Certificate.

The following colleges offer Legal Secretary courses in South Africa:

• Bellview Institute of Distance Learning
• Matric College
• Skills Academy

Yes, you can study to be a Legal Secretary with any Matric pass level.

You can study a Legal Secretary course with Bellview Institute of Distance Learning.

The Legal Secretary: NATED N5 National Certificate has the following assessments:

• Office Practice N5 Assessment 1&2
• Communication N5 Assessment 1&2
• Information Processing N5 Assessment 1&2
• Legal Practice N5 Assessment 1&2

You can contact our course specialists if you have any questions about the course fees.

No, you cannot study the Legal Secretary course without a Matric Certificate. The minimum requirement for the Legal Secretary course is a Matric Certificate.

The following subjects will be covered in the Legal Secretary: NATED N5 National Certificate course:

• Office Practice N5
• Communication N5
• Information Processing N5
• Legal Practice N5

In South Africa, a legal secretary can earn between R 18 000 – R 25 000 a month, depending on their experience.

No. Even though some of their duties are similar, a Paralegal holds a higher position than a Legal Secretary because Paralegals have some form of legal training.

If you want to work in law and pursue a stable and fulfilling career you should study to become a legal secretary. In a law office, legal secretaries are highly regarded and necessary. You will feel purposeful and fulfilled in this line of work.

The Legal Secretary N5 National Certificate is an NQF level 5 qualification.

Yes, this course is accredited by the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) and by the Quality Council for Trades and Occupations (QCTO).

You will be completing two examinations per subject in this course. There are four subjects which means you will complete eight exams in total. There is an internal exam which will be completed from your home. Once you have completed the exam, you will send it to us via post to be graded. The external exam will be written in a registered exam venue. The minimum pass percentage is 50%.

The SAQA ID for the Legal Secretary: NATED N5 National Certificate course is 66959.

Once you have completed the Legal Secretary: NATED N5 National Certificate course you could apply for the following job:

• Legal Typist
  
• Legal Admin Assistant
  
• Managing Assistant
  

Or you could complete the Legal Secretary: NATED N6 National Certificate course.

You will need to have already completed the Legal Secretary: NATED N4 National Certificate course.

It could take anywhere between 6 – 12 months to complete the Legal Secretary N5 National Certificate course.

The Legal Secretary N5 National Certificate course has 60 credits.

You will complete two exams for every subject, there are four subjects in this course. In total, you will be completing eight exams.

Once you completed the Legal Secretary N5 National Certificate course, you can register for the Legal Secretary N6 National Certificate course or you can apply for an entry level job.

You are expected to complete a total of eight assignments during this course.

No, you will not. Only the internal exam can be completed from your home, you will be writing the external exam at a Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) nearest to you.

Yes, the Legal Secretary N5 National Certificate will build onto the knowledge you received in the previous course to make sure you get all the information you need to be a great Legal Secretary.

Yes, a legal secretary can become a lawyer. You will need to study a law degree before you can become a lawyer.

These are the skills a Legal Secretary needs to be successful:

• Writing skills
  
• Communication skills
  
• Organisational skills
  
• Time Management skills
  
• Administrative skills
  
• Tech-savvy
  
• Team work skills

No, you cannot. You are not trained to offer any legal advice, it is unethical and against the law for a legal secretary to offer legal advice.

Yes, you can study a legal secretary course with a higher certificate pass on your Matric certificate. You can study with any type of pass, as long as you have passed.