BSB50720 Diploma of Paralegal Services
Build on your skills and gain a nationally accredited qualification
This course will set you up with transferable skills that can be applied across a wide range of public and private sector legal roles.
Overview
Campus Perth
When Semester 1, 2025 | Semester 2, 2025
How Online
Enhance your career prospects in the legal sector with transferable, legal focused skills you will gain in this Paralegal Services qualification.
This course is designed to help you plan, prepare, and perform the tasks required of a paralegal in the legal sector, supporting both legal practitioners and clients.
You will gain a comprehensive understanding of the Australian legal system and the application of legal principles in areas such as criminal, contract, litigation, family, and tort law. The course also covers essential skills like conducting legal research, developing business networks and relationships, taking instructions in a legal environment, and writing complex documents.
Our lecturers, who possess current industry knowledge, will provide you with the most relevant and up-to-date skills for the legal sector. Successfully completing this Diploma of Paralegal Services will equip you with the expertise to offer legal direction and support in both public and private sector roles.
- Conduct research of legal information and application of documentation
- Apply legal principles across multiple disciplines
- Identify and interpret compliance requirements in the legal industry
- Provide support in law matters
- Interact with parties involved in the legal process
- Manage personal and professional development
- Build and maintain business relationships
- Identify client instruction for processing and store documentation within the legal environment
I have the following attributes:
- Good computer skills
- Oral and written communication skills, including 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
Semester 1, 2025
Details
Units and fees
Core
| National ID Unit title | General fee | Resource fee |
|---|---|---|
| BSBLEG421 Apply understanding of the Australian legal system | $376.35 | $0.00 |
| BSBLEG422 Maintain a file in a legal services environment | $260.55 | $0.00 |
| BSBLEG521 Conduct and apply legal research | $202.65 | $0.00 |
| BSBLEG534 Take instructions in a legal services environment | $202.65 | $0.00 |
| BSBWRT411 Write complex documents | $289.50 | $0.00 |
Elective
| National ID Unit title | General fee | Resource fee |
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$347.40 | $0.00 |
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$347.40 | $0.00 |
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$347.40 | $0.00 |
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$347.40 | $0.00 |
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$347.40 | $0.00 |
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$318.45 | $0.00 |
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$260.55 | $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 | Resource fee |
|---|---|---|
| BSBLEG421 Apply understanding of the Australian legal system | $376.35 | $0.00 |
| BSBLEG422 Maintain a file in a legal services environment | $260.55 | $0.00 |
| BSBLEG521 Conduct and apply legal research | $202.65 | $0.00 |
| BSBLEG534 Take instructions in a legal services environment | $202.65 | $0.00 |
| BSBWRT411 Write complex documents | $289.50 | $0.00 |
Elective
| National ID Unit title | General fee | Resource fee |
|---|---|---|
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$347.40 | $0.00 |
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$347.40 | $0.00 |
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$347.40 | $0.00 |
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$347.40 | $0.00 |
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$347.40 | $0.00 |
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$318.45 | $0.00 |
|
|
$260.55 | $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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