Student Reviews

Having the course on my CV helped me to secure employment

I found the course to be very informative and enjoyable. Having it on my CV helped me to secure employment at the beginning of the year. Thank you.

The course prepared me well

The Legal Secretary course organised by ILSPA was an amazing experience for me as a beginner in the legal system in the UK. The course prepared me well as there was all the information needed to understand a Legal Secretary's job.

I am happy with every aspect of the course

I found the course to be enriching in knowledge and exactly what I had hoped it was when I decided to enrol. I am happy with every aspect of the course especially the clarity of materials and guides. 

I have benefited a lot from this course

The ILSPA Team are very professional and helpful. I have benefited a lot from this course. It is really worth the money. The material of this course is explained very well, easy to understand and a student gains a lot more than they imagine. I will highly recommend ILSPA to anyone that wants skills or a legal career. Lastly I want to say a very special thank you to my tutor Maria Richards. 

I am glad I chose ILSPA for my first ever legal studies

I am glad I chose ILSPA for my first ever legal studies. The course was insightful and engaging and very well taught and explained by Amanda Hamilton with examples and stories. I totally enjoyed the course. Evening classes suited me best and the assessments gave a further knowledge of how the legal secretarial work is done. Unfortunately I missed out on the tour of the Royal Courts of Justice due to my office timings. I have learned a lot from this course and would certainly recommend it to anyone interested.

Thanks for all the help and support. 

Thanks for your all your help and support throughout the course

I just came home from work and opened the post I received from you. The wait ended and I was in tears. Thank you so very much. This is a very big step for me to start my career in this country anew. I shall forever be indebted to you. Thanks for your all your help and support throughout the course especially because distance learning was a first for me and I was very skeptical and anxious about it all the way till I read the letter confirming the merit.

ILSPA sent my CV to my current job

I wanted to thank you for your help. I have really learned from your advice and explanations. My experience with ILSPA has been great. I had my CV checked and proofread by you and it has been really useful. Actually ILSPA sent my CV to my current job and here I am working as Legal Executive Assistant at the Telegraph Media Group. I am very thankful for the opportunity that ILSPA has provided me.

I thought the course was very thorough with lots of helpful resources for the future

I thought the course was very thorough with lots of helpful resources for the future. I was very grateful for the advice and prompt feedback. I would recommend the diploma to anyone who is looking to pursue working as a Legal Secretary, and is looking for something that will cover all the essentials and is flexible enough to fit around their lives. 

Every single moment of the Legal Secretaries Diploma Course was thoroughly enjoyable

Every single moment of the Legal Secretaries Diploma Course was thoroughly enjoyable. I would like to thank the authors of the coursework, which I found brilliantly written and structured. Seamus Ryan gave excellent lectures and helped me all the way through with much patience. With all my heart, I thank you very much! 

The support offered by the ILSPA team has been fantastic

I have thoroughly enjoyed this course and found the varied modules kept me focused as they were very interesting. The support offered by the ILSPA team has been fantastic and any queries I had were responded to within 24 hours. Overall I have found the course to be informative and extremely beneficial in developing my previously limited knowledge of the different areas of law.

I have found the course extremely useful

Having started work as an Office Junior at the start of the course, I have found the course extremely useful as it has given me extra knowledge and guidance with day to day at the office. I advise other Office Juniors to take the course in order to progress. I now work as a Family Secretary and have found the family section very helpful.

The course material was first class!

It has been a wonderful learning experience. Even though the amount of material we covered was at times overwhelming, it was still necessary and I have learning a lot as a result. Seamus, our course tutor, made the experience all the more enjoyable by his lively, interesting and yet informative teaching style. The course material was first class! I feel I have gained sufficient knowledge and experience through practical assessments to give me the confidence to enter the world of Legal Secretaries! It was definitely worth the effort!

The tour of the Royal Court of Justice was a real treat

Thank you very much for including me in the tour to the Royal Courts of Justice. It was wonderful having the opportunity to get to know about the building’s history and function, and nosing around a few Courts during proceedings. On the other side of the Strand, we visited The Temple, where the Barrister’s chambers are located and learnt about the four Inns of Court. I was very pleased to find that the very first recorded performance of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night was played at the Middle Temple Hall. The tour of the Royal Court of Justice was a real treat and I thank Amanda Hamilton for an excellent day and huge amount of information she shared with us.

It was great to know there was always someone there

I have thoroughly enjoyed the course. The way the course is set out with the tests and practical assessments was great for me because when I completed and passed the tests it built up my confidence for the practical assessments. My tests were marked and returned really quickly. It was great to know there was always someone there. I felt like I was achieving a lot because I wasn't waiting long for my results.

The most fascinating experience I have ever had

The most fascinating experience I have ever had. I easily can say that it was a life changing course. Personal thanks to our teacher Mr Seamus Ryan. I could not have wished for a better teacher. I would like to wish him all the best at everything he does. Personal thanks to Mrs Maria Richards for putting up with our test assessments and hundreds of emails with many questions. Wonderful venue at Regent’s University and so easy to get there from anywhere you travel.  

I have found the course to be very informative and extremely beneficial

I have found the course to be very informative and extremely beneficial to developing my previously limited legal knowledge. I thoroughly enjoyed attending the evening classes and this was largely due to our tutor Amanda Hamilton, who made the classes interesting and fun through her teaching style and examples that provided insight and were relatable. I would like to thank ILSPA and Amanda for help throughout the course and Maria Richards for all her guidance and patience.

Everything is accessed via an online portal which was very easy to navigate around

My experience of the course and ILSPA has been fantastic. I was pleasantly surprised with how quickly I received query feedback and also the results of my achievement tests. Throughout the course I have felt motivated and determined. I also like the way everything is accessed via an online portal which was very easy to navigate around. Thank you!

I felt my legal knowledge and secretarial skills have significantly developed

I have thoroughly enjoyed studying the course. Any questions or queries I had were responded to by Maria quickly which I really admired and appreciated. I felt my legal knowledge and secretarial skills have significantly developed, as has my passion to work as a Legal Secretary in a Law Firm, for which I have this course to thank. 

Very good value for money

Excellent course very impressed with course layout and the support given. Very good value for money. I'm looking forward to getting a new job with my ILSPA Diploma to help me. Thanks!

I am so delighted to start work for a Law firm

I gained my Legal Secretaries Diploma in January this year and have been employed at the Univeristy of Exeter, Medical School for the past 12 months. I was keen to use my recently obtained qualification and applied for a Legal Secretary position which was advised at Tozers Solicitors in Exeter. An ex-collegue/friend works at Tozers and sent me an email to say that a position was coming up so I applied and am pleased to say that I was offered the job! I start at the end of the month and I am so delighted to start work for a Law firm in Exeter. Tozers employ 100 staff and have offices in Teignmouth, Newton Abbot and Exeter. This was the first Legal Secretary position that I applied for. In March 2014 I won the Legal Secretaries and PAs online journal competition 'Why I want to become a Legal Secretary' so I included this in my supporting statement and this was the first subject that came up at the interview... They were intrigued by this!