Colleges and Universities Offering Certificate in Paralegal Studies in South Africa

Course Name: Certificate in Paralegal Studies(Paralegal Studies)
Major Subject: Paralegal Studies
Course Category: Certificate Courses

Institutions Offering Certificate in Paralegal Studies

INTEC College, Cape Town
1. INTEC Certificate
Duration: 24 months

Minimum entry requirement:
Grade 12 (Std 10) or equivalent or 2 years verifiable and relevant working experience.

Modules Overview:
1. Office Management for Legal Practices
- The business and expenses of a legal practice
- Structure of the legal profession
- A study of the Constitution and objects of the Law
2. Societies and the Attorneys Fidelity Fund
- Forms of legal enterprise open to the practitioner
- Trust and business concepts
- Value added tax and the practitioner
3. Introduction to South African Law
- Components of the law
- Sources of law
- The court structure in South Africa
- The Constitution
4. Criminal Law and Law of Procedure
- Introduction to criminal law
- The principle of legality

2. Commercial Practice
Duration: 24 months

Minimum entry requirement:
Grade 12 (Std 10) or equivalent or 2 years verifiable and relevant working experience.

3. Paralegal Professional Certificate
Duration: 24 months

Minimum entry requirement:
-Grade 12 (Std 10) or equivalent or 3 years verifiable and relevant working experience.
Lyceum College, Braamfontein
Duration: 1 year

Minimum entry requirement:
National Senior Certificate or equivalent.

Modules Overview:
1. Office Management for Legal Practices
2. Criminal Law and Law of Procedure
3. Debit Collecting Process
4. Civil Litigation Processes
5. Introduction to South African Law
6. Electives: (select one)
-Wills and Estate Management
-Property Law and Conveyance Practice
-Financial Accounting 1
South African Law School, Cape Town
Duration: 1 year

Minimum entry requirement:
-Grade 12 schooling (matric) OR be at least 23 years of age with at least 3 years working experience

Module Overview:
-Debt Collecting & Civil Litigation
-Legal Writing
-Family Law & Divorce
-Family Court Practice
-Labour Law
-Property Law
-Wills & Estates

Damelin Correspondence College, Johannesburg
Duration: 24 months

Minimum entry requirement:
-Communication and Mathematical Literacy at NQF Level 4
-Computing Skills at NQF Level 3

Modules Overview:
-Legal Principles and Practice
-Business Principles and Practice
-Office Support and Administration
-Research Methodology
-Aspects of Finance and IT
Successors Training Institute, Durban
Course entry requirements
-A Senior Certificate OR National Certificate (N3), or an equivalent qualification.

Program duration: 1 year

Course content
-Office Administration
-Finance and Information Technology
-Research Methodology
-Legal Principles and Practice
-Business Principle Practice
Gauteng City College, Johannesburg
Duration: 12 months

Course Overview:
-Legal Principles and Practice,
-Business Principles and Practice,
-Office Support and Administration,
-Research Methodology,
-Aspects of Finance and IT
Tshwane Institute of Technology, Pretoria

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