BSB40620 Certificate IV in Legal Services
Put your skills into practice
This course provides an in-depth look at the legal system including courts and legal personnel and law matters.

Overview
Campus Perth | Leederville
When Semester 1, 2025 | Continuous enrolment | Semester 2, 2025
How Online | Traineeship
Put your skills into practice
This course offers a comprehensive overview of the legal system, covering courts, legal personnel, and various areas of law.
Topics include legal communication, research, evidence law, criminal law, compliance, drafting complex legal documents, and information protection. Our lecturers, who are highly experienced and have strong industry connections, will guide the delivery using the most relevant industry information.
Upon successful completion of this Certificate IV in Legal Services, you will be equipped to provide legal support in government or private sector roles.
Jade invites all NMTAFE Legal Studies students to stay up to date with the latest decisions of Australian and International Courts and Tribunals, and Australian legislation. New, revised, updated and so much more sophisticated, JADE takes your online legal research to a whole new level.
- Using and understanding legal terminology
- Drafting complex legal documentation and correspondence
- Providing support in law matters
- Providing non-legal advice
- Interacting with parties involved in the legal process
- Researching and analysing information relating to legal processes
- Managing health and wellbeing
I have the following attributes:
- Good computer skills
- Oral and written communication skills, including an understanding of the need for professional standards required in a legal environment
- An eye for detail
- An interest in the law and legal processes
- Good organisational skills
- Logical and clear thinking
Important information
Select your preferred campus and apply
Continuous enrolment, 2025
Details
Units and fees
Core
National ID Unit title | General fee | Concession | Resource fee |
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BSBLEG314 Protect information in a legal services environment | $65.00 | $19.40 | $0.00 |
BSBLEG421 Apply understanding of the Australian legal system | $211.25 | $63.05 | $0.00 |
BSBLEG423 Conduct simple legal research | $113.75 | $33.95 | $0.00 |
BSBLEG424 Support the drafting of complex legal documents | $260.00 | $77.60 | $0.00 |
BSBXCM401 Apply communication strategies in the workplace | $146.25 | $43.65 | $0.00 |
Elective
National ID Unit title | General fee | Concession | Resource fee |
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$130.00 | $38.80 | $0.00 |
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$195.00 | $58.20 | $0.00 |
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$195.00 | $58.20 | $0.00 |
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$178.75 | $53.35 | $0.00 |
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$178.75 | $53.35 | $0.00 |
*Fee disclaimers
The fees quoted are estimates only and are for the entire course for students enrolling on a full-time basis. Please view the full list of Fee disclaimers.
Please note fees listed include all units required to gain this qualification. If you're a continuing student and have successfully completed a lower-level qualification that is a prerequisite for this course, you'll only pay for the units that you need to enrol in, to complete this course.
Enquiries regarding fees can be made by calling us.
Semester 1, 2025
Details
Units and fees
Core
National ID Unit title | General fee | Concession | Resource fee |
---|---|---|---|
BSBLEG314 Protect information in a legal services environment | $97.60 | $29.40 | $0.00 |
BSBLEG421 Apply understanding of the Australian legal system | $317.20 | $95.55 | $0.00 |
BSBLEG423 Conduct simple legal research | $170.80 | $51.45 | $0.00 |
BSBLEG424 Support the drafting of complex legal documents | $390.40 | $117.60 | $0.00 |
BSBXCM401 Apply communication strategies in the workplace | $219.60 | $66.15 | $0.00 |
Elective
National ID Unit title | General fee | Concession | Resource fee |
---|---|---|---|
|
$195.20 | $58.80 | $0.00 |
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$292.80 | $88.20 | $0.00 |
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$292.80 | $88.20 | $0.00 |
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$268.40 | $80.85 | $0.00 |
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$268.40 | $80.85 | $0.00 |
*Fee disclaimers
The fees quoted are estimates only and are for the entire course for students enrolling on a full-time basis. Please view the full list of Fee disclaimers.
Please note fees listed include all units required to gain this qualification. If you're a continuing student and have successfully completed a lower-level qualification that is a prerequisite for this course, you'll only pay for the units that you need to enrol in, to complete this course.
Enquiries regarding fees can be made by calling us.
Semester 2, 2025
Details
Units and fees
Core
National ID Unit title | General fee | Concession | Resource fee |
---|---|---|---|
BSBLEG314 Protect information in a legal services environment | $97.60 | $29.40 | $0.00 |
BSBLEG421 Apply understanding of the Australian legal system | $317.20 | $95.55 | $0.00 |
BSBLEG423 Conduct simple legal research | $170.80 | $51.45 | $0.00 |
BSBLEG424 Support the drafting of complex legal documents | $390.40 | $117.60 | $0.00 |
BSBXCM401 Apply communication strategies in the workplace | $219.60 | $66.15 | $0.00 |
Elective
National ID Unit title | General fee | Concession | Resource fee |
---|---|---|---|
|
$195.20 | $58.80 | $0.00 |
|
$292.80 | $88.20 | $0.00 |
|
$292.80 | $88.20 | $0.00 |
|
$268.40 | $80.85 | $0.00 |
|
$268.40 | $80.85 | $0.00 |
*Fee disclaimers
The fees quoted are estimates only and are for the entire course for students enrolling on a full-time basis. Please view the full list of Fee disclaimers.
Please note fees listed include all units required to gain this qualification. If you're a continuing student and have successfully completed a lower-level qualification that is a prerequisite for this course, you'll only pay for the units that you need to enrol in, to complete this course.
Enquiries regarding fees can be made by calling us.
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