When a lawyer, a court official or a business manager is hiring a legal administrative assistant, a diploma from our college makes an application stand out.
Succeeding as an administrative assistant in a legal environment
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You will need high keyboarding speed. Globe University/Minnesota School of Business offers four keyboarding courses and a class in legal transcription.
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You will be representing your firm or company in and out of the office. As you earn your diploma, you will take courses in Interpersonal Relations and Business Communications.
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You will need excellent organizational skills. Throughout our program, beginning with Student Success, every class and every lesson will emphasize organization and other practical skills needed by the legal secretary/administrative assistant.
A Legal Administrative Diploma program designed by professionals
Our legal science advisory board is composed of legal professionals, business leaders, instructors and students. The board designed our college program to provide the legal and office skills training you will need to thrive in your new career.
You will have practical, hands-on training from instructors who are themselves attorneys, legal administrative assistants and paralegals. Required courses include Keyboarding, Legal Transcription, and Business Communications. You will also be able to choose from exciting electives, including Criminal Law, Real Estate, Family Law and Tort Law.
Many of the courses you take will transfer smoothly to an associate or bachelors’ degree in paralegal studies or another area. Contact us for more information.
Find out more, start your professional career path today
The legal administrative assistant diploma program is offered at Globe University/Minnesota School of Business campuses in the Twin Cities (Minneapolis-St. Paul area) and in greater Minnesota, South Dakota and Wisconsin.
The associate and bachelors’ in paralegal studies and criminal justice programs are offered at those locations and online.
Contact our admissions office today. A representative will answer your questions, conduct a campus tour and, if the GU/MSB program is right for you, walk you through the admissions process.

Business Degrees
Globe University and Minnesota School of Business are members of the Globe Education Network. Other member colleges include Utah Career College, Institute of Production and Recording, Minnesota School of Cosmetology, and the Duluth Business University. Globe Education Network also provides academic support and manages a wealth of shared resources for the benefit of students. Through consortium agreements approved by member schools' accrediting bodies, students are able to earn credit for classes taken at member schools.
Globe University/Minnesota School of Business is accredited by the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools to award Master of Business Administration (MBA) degrees, Bachelor of Science degrees, Associate in Applied Science degrees and diplomas.