The Legal Secretary | Online Course

03, 04, 10, 11 November 2025 | Duration: 10:00 – 12:30

Developing efficient, confident and productive secretaries for law firms and legal departments 

About this course

This course provides general business skills and practical approaches to all aspects of the legal secretary’s portfolio. It imparts the broad knowledge and skills needed in the legal industry, and will deliver knowledgeable, skilled, administrative secretaries who are able to contribute to the improved productivity and efficiency of their law firms.

Course content

The course is divided into four parts:

• Part 1: The legal system
• Part 2: The legal profession
• Part 3: The legal secretary’s duties
• Part 4: Business fundamentals

Presenter

Alta van der Walt obtained her BA Business Management degree at Griffiths University and has been working as a practice manager for over 25 years. She has a passion for good business practices and has been lecturing Practice, Business and Management topics for the Law Society of South Africa’s Legal Education and Development (LEAD) Division for the past 13 years.

What previous attendees said

• It was truly an amazing and extremely informative course.
• There is a lot I learnt, that I now need to implement daily.
• I am impressed by this upskilling opportunity and the new skills I will be bringing to the firm. THANK YOU.
• I really learned a lot. All this will help in my daily work, schedules and diary.
• The course was great and showed me where I need to improve.
• I found this course to be very motivating.
• Very well presented with explanatory examples.
• The training was very insightful, I learned a lot from attending it.

Date

03, 04, 10, 11 November 2025 | Duration: 10:00 – 12:30

Closing date for registrations:02 November 2025

Certification

Attendance at both sessions is mandatory to qualify for a certificate.

Who should register?

Secretaries, office administrators, receptionists and individuals who want to pursue a career as a legal secretary.

Registration

Registration fee categories (including VAT):

• Practising legal practitioners and other staff from firms:  R3 400 per person.
• Non-practising legal practitioners/others:  R4 620 per person.

How to register

Kindly note that registrations are done online. For certification purposes, participants should register individually, using their own email address. This will enable the system to generate a unique username and password for each person.

STEP 1:

Payment should be made by electronic funds transfer (EFT) only. You are required to upload the proof of payment (PDF) in step 2 – (Online registration form). Should an invoice be required to effect payment, replace the proof of payment document with a note (Word) requesting an invoice.

LSSA banking details: Account name: Law Society of South Africa | Bank: FNB Pretoria | Branch code: 251445 | Account no: 6200 9641 079 | Reference: LS, Surname, Initials

STEP 2:

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

STEP 3:

Once you have registered to participate, you will receive a system-generated confirmation e-mail that we have received your registration documentation.  Twenty-four hours before the course starts, you will receive an e-mail with the link to the course (Microsoft Teams) as well as your course material . Read the instructions in the e-mail carefully. If you do not receive this said email, please check your Spam / Junk folder, or kindly contact Yolanda Singh on Yolanda@LSSALEAD.ORG.ZA or Tel No (012) 441 4652, the day before the course start.  Attendees must ensure that they have access to MS Teams well in advance. Kindly test your link as soon as you get it.

For more information about this course contact Yolanda Singh:

Email: Yolanda@LSSALEAD.org.za  | Tel No. 012 4414652

Please take note

• The LSSA will not accept liability if the fees are not paid into the designated LSSA bank account.
• The course is conducted in English only.
• The course will be delivered through MS TEAMS. Please ensure that you have MS TEAMS installed on your computer prior to the commencement of the course.
• Please note: In accordance with company policy and copyright protection, no recordings or PowerPoint presentations will be shared. Additionally, unauthorized recording or transcription is not permitted, as it may violate LSSA’s organizational or class policies.
• You will receive the material as well as the link to the course via email, +-24 hours before commencement of the course. Test your links as soon as you receive these links. If you do not receive the said email, look in your junk mail folder. If it is not there, contact Yolanda Singh on Yolanda@LSSALEAD.org.za.
• No cancellations will be accepted after the course material and link have been shared. Participants who do not cancel timeously and/or fail to attend the course will forfeit the amount paid towards this course.
• Should you need to cancel your registration, you need to do so in writing before the course link and material are shared. No cancelation will be accepted after it has been made available and failure to comply with this will result in the full fee being charged.
• LSSA/LEAD shall have the right in its sole discretion to postpone or cancel tuition in any programme initially advertised and offered based on insufficient demand. Should LSSA/LEAD cancel the proposed training, registered delegates will be given reasonable notice of the cancellation and all fees paid by the delegate will be refunded.