Legal Skills Training
Criminal
Court Cases
This is probably the most exciting short course you will ever enrol on! The legal skills training provided in this course covers Criminal Court Case matters and awards a recognised Certificate* if combined with our free civil legal skills course. The training starts off with a day's training at a Crown Court (e.g. the Old Bailey is a Crown Court) and is followed by further training as a home study module. Please note: that the home study module is flexible and can be completed over days or weeks according to ones own personal circumstances and preferences, e.g. 1 day per week for 4 weeks, or some other configuration that is suitable. Also, no previous knowledge of law or experience is required to enrol on this course.
The training course, which is entirely practical, will teach various skills which are required to carry out a variety of solicitor's instructions in both criminal and civil settings. Some of the skills learned are skills utilized by barristers and advocacy solicitors during court trials and hearings.
Unlike the training session in our Civil High Court training programme much of the training at the Crown Court (criminal court) will be spent actually inside live criminal trials. For example, if you were instructed to go to court to take hand written notes of a trial (sorry, no shorthand or tape recordings allowed) how do you take accurate legal notes and at the same time keep up with what is being asked and answered by the barrister, the Judge and the witnesses (especially when the questions and answers are long ones)? Among other things the training will teach you a number of new skills that will enable you to master this important legal assignment.
Now imagine you have been sent to assist the barrister during a criminal trial and in the middle of your note taking your client (who is in the dock) manages to get your attention and indicates that he wants to speak to you, what should/could you do? These and other interesting, challenging and some times amusing situations are covered in this training course.
As in the civil court training programme having these legal skills, (which are transferable skills) on your CV will impress most prospective employers and could significantly influence an employer to offer you the job you are applying for. This has been the case even when the job being applied for was nothing to do with the legal field.
In addition successfully passing this course will also make you eligible to apply to the school for a job reference - see example CV.
The fee for the Criminal Court Case training course (Optional Extra training) and for a Recognised Certificate is as follows:-
Employed persons £99 (full or part time); includes marking and certification.
Students £50 (valid Student ID required); includes marking and certification.
Unemployed £50 (proof required); includes marking and certification.
For Criminal Court Case training start dates click here
To REGISTER for a place on a Criminal Court training day click here
* This award, based on our SAS Court Training Programme, is recognised by the National Association of Licensed Paralegals. *certificate
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