DCC National Certificate: Paralegal Practice

Course fee

Price: R14,600.00

Please Note:

The special Payment in Full Web Price listed above is only valid if you complete the enrolment form on the Damelin Correspondence website and choose one of the Payment in Full options available to you.

Your Payment in Full options are:

• Credit Card (you can use your budget facility)
• Internet Banking Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT)
• Direct Deposit (at any FNB Bank Branch)
• Cheque, Postal Order (delivered or posted to one of our branches) or Cash (paid at one of our branches)

The Payment Plan option on our website does not qualify you for our special Web Only Prices.

Course Introduction

The purpose of this national qualification is to provide the qualifying learner with a basic knowledge and understanding of the South African legal system, fundamental laws, their application and social context so as to enable the learner to provide supervised support and assistance in a paralegal environment

Course Contents

LEGAL PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE

• South African Law
• Private law
• Courts
• Legal proceedings
• Legal practitioner
• Democracy

BUSINESS PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE

• King III Report
• Customer care
• Formal communication
• Communication for paralegals
• Negotiation
• Competency and key output

OFFICE SUPPORT AND ADMINISTRATION

• Record keeping
• Information systems
• Plan, organise and control the day-to-day administration of an office support function

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

• Group and a team
• Research project

ASPECTS OF FINANCE AND IT

• Business plan
• Computer application and legal software

Career Fields/Further Studies

Successful students could pursue a career for supervised practice as paralegal assistants in all sectors of the industry, which includes:

• Community-based paralegal Advice Offices
• Non-governmental organisations
• Public institutions
• Commercial institutions
• Private practices

Programme Type

The National Certificate: Paralegal Practice is a National Qualification accredited with SASSETA.

Programme Duration

You should be able to complete this course within 24 months.

Entrance Requirements

Communication and Mathematical Literacy at NQF Level 4 and Computing skills at NQF Level 3.

Student Assessment

Formative and summative assessments will assess all specific outcomes and adhere to all assessment criteria of the learning programme. A practical assessment will be conducted to determine whether the exit level outcomes have been achieved.

All students are encouraged to work on all the assignments that are in the study guide. However, students are required to submit compulsory assignments that are provided in the Study Programme. Only these compulsory assignments will be marked and accounted for to be included in the final mark.

Certification

Upon successful completion of the programme, students will receive an DCC results letter outlining the unit standards covered. Once you have been found competent for all modules and unit standards, DCC will apply to SASSETA on the student’s behalf for the National Certificate: Paralegal Studies: SAQA ID 49597 (Credits 132) to be awarded.