Sector Skill Council launches paralegal course

Hyderabad: Management & Entrepreneurship and Professional Skills Council (MEPSC), in association with legal ed-tech startup LawSikho, has launched an online course titled ‘Paralegal Associate – Legal documentation’ which will be co-certified by Skill India. The MEPSC is a sector skill council set up under the aegis of National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC), established by the […]

Hyderabad: Management & Entrepreneurship and Professional Skills Council (MEPSC), in association with legal ed-tech startup LawSikho, has launched an online course titled ‘Paralegal Associate – Legal documentation’ which will be co-certified by Skill India.

The MEPSC is a sector skill council set up under the aegis of National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC), established by the Ministry of Finance through a public-private partnership.

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This upskilling course has been classified as a level 4 course under the National Skill Qualification Framework set up by the Ministry of Finance. The course will be appropriate for learners who have completed at least Class 12 standard or equivalent education, according to a press release.

The course is aimed at training candidates on high-demand tasks such as litigation support, legal writing, legal editing and proofreading, knowledge management, compliance-related work, legal blog management, basic financial administration and other administrative work, it said.

The programme also provides extensive training on the US legal system so that candidates can assist US lawyers and law firms as paralegals.

MEPSC, CEO, Col. (Retd) Anil Kumar Pokhriyal said, “Paralegals play a crucial role in the legal processes, making them an inseparable part of the legal profession. This job role has varying definitions in the Indian context but MEPSC in association with LawSikho has tried to curate an exclusive course, niche to the budding paralegals who eventually want to learn about the nitty-gritty of the Indian judiciary system and become a lawyer in the long run.”

Ramanuj Mukherjee, CEO, LawSikho said, “It is not necessary to earn a law degree to become a paralegal, or to qualify the bar exam abroad.”

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