ProgramCIP 22.0301

Legal Administrative Assistant/Secretary

A program that prepares individuals to serve as legal office managers, special assistants, and legal secretaries. Includes instruction in office management, secretarial science, principles of U.S. or Canadian law, legal terminology and documentation, legal research, legal software applications, law office procedures, record-keeping, billing, applicable policies and regulations, and professional standards and ethics.

Definition from U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics (CIP 2020).