General Information

• Name: Advanced Legal Transcription
• Discipline: Computer Office Technology (COT)
• Units (Credits): 3
• Schedule History: See when this course was offered over the last three years.
• Transfer Information: Courses with numbers 100 to 299: This course is designed to apply toward a WNC degree and/or transfer to other schools within the Nevada System of Higher Education, depending on the degree chosen and other courses completed. It may transfer to colleges and universities outside Nevada. For information about how this course can transfer and apply to your program of study, please contact a counselor.
• Academic Division: Technology

Prerequisites and Recommended Courses

• Prerequisites: COT 123 or equivalent

Course Outline

I: Catalog Course Description

Teaches students to operate the transcribing machine and to format legal correspondence and documents directly from dictation into mailable form. Legal correspondence and documents will be transcribed for legal cases, each relating to a different area of law. Cases have been gathered from actual law office files. Students will work on cases from onset through conclusion.
Note: Non-transferable for a NSHE baccalaureate degree. Non-applicable towards an AA or AS Degree.