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Updates for classes continuing in the fall Read More

Thank you for your patience over the last few months as we’ve had to adjust our classes in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Some of our programs from the 2019-2020 academic year have extended to the 2020-2021 academic year. You can view your schedule for classes beginning in August 2020 through your student hub.

Please note: Schedules and on-campus times may shift if the CDC, CDPHE, DPS, or CDHE change guidelines.

If you are on a payment plan, please continue to make payments as scheduled. If you’d like to discuss options for extending your payment plan, email treasury@emilygriffith.edu.

If your financial aid is impacted by the schedule changes, the Financial Aid department will notify you via email.

Learn more about how we are offering safe classes this fall here.

Our response to current protests Read More

The current state of our world and nation are in an uproar. We are all struggling to process yet another tragic death of another African American man by the hands of our law enforcement. We mourn George Floyd and all that he represents in this time of unrest and uprising. As facets unfold in Denver, we want you to know we are here for you.

We need to be here for one another as we process through these events. We need to be open and able to have challenging conversations with each other, so we can navigate this together and seek the necessary change.

We cannot ignore the systemic fear and social constructions that led to this tragedy. It is important for us to recognize, acknowledge, understand and seek to propel change forward. We all deserve to live in a world where biases are pushed away and our diversity is embraced. We are all responsible for pushing the negativity aside and leading with understanding for one another. This is our time for massive change and growth, and we will navigate this together.

At Emily Griffith, and alongside Denver Public Schools, we will continue to be a safe and welcoming space for all who wish to learn. Our staff, faculty and students deserve to be in an environment where everyone is treated with dignity and respect. We do not discriminate for any reason and we value your color, culture, origin, ancestry, class, career, religion, gender, orientation, marital status, veteran status, age or disability.

As a college, we are saddened by these events, cognizant of the injustice, and are reaffirming our commitment to breaking down biases, inequalities and inequities.

Please continue to treat one another with respect and compassion. Seek to understand. Always stand up for what is right, filling in the gap when someone cannot stand up for themselves.

For more resources regarding COVID-19, click here.

Ready to register for classes? Follow these steps. Read More

After you have submitted your application and successfully met program requirements, you should receive a message letting you know that you are eligible to register for classes. If you have submitted an application, but have not yet received a message about registration, reach out to your career navigator.

If you have not yet completed an application, you can do that here.

Once you are ready to register for classes, please follow these instructions to sign up for class:

Log into the student hub and submit your registration request. You will need to use your Student ID number as your username.
Please change your password under password management.
After logging in, click on the Student Tab (Located at the top left side of the page)
You will see Registration Request in the menu. Click this link and select the course that you would like to take. There may be multiple course options available but you only need to select one. Click the plus sign next to each option to see more information about the course.
Click the submit button.
Once you have submitted your request, your Career Navigator will review the request and let you know once you have been registered for the course.

If you have any questions or need assistance with the registration process, please reach out to your career navigator or call us at 720-423-4700.

Legal Office

We have full-time and part-time start dates throughout the year! Give us a call at 720-423-4700 to find out when our next available start date is.

Interested in the law, but not sure you want to become a lawyer? Get a certificate in Legal Office and start working in a legal office setting in less than one year!

What is a Legal Office Assistant? Legal office assistants support legal staff, including lawyers, paralegals, and government officials, by managing the day-to-day operations and clerical duties of law offices.

Through the Emily Griffith Legal Office program, you’ll gain the skills and knowledge needed to work in a variety of legal and governmental offices. You’ll learn legal principles such as preparing legal documents, interpreting legal terminology and following legal procedures.

Attention to detail: If you have the ability to work under pressure, organizational skills and pay close attention to accuracy, working as a legal office assistant may be a great career for you!

Internship: Gain experience through an internship at a real-world legal office.

Want more information? Get the Legal Office Program Flyer and the Legal Office Program Checklist.

What Can I Do with an Emily Griffith Legal Office Certificate?

Graduates from Emily Griffith’s Legal Office program have gone on to these jobs:

Legal Assistant
Paralegal
Legal Administrative Assistant
Administrative Assistant

Graduates can work in a variety of fields, including law firms, real estate offices, bank trust departments, and government agencies. Graduates can go on to become paralegals or attorneys.

Business & Office Professionals

$4,468

Approximate cost. Additional material and book fees may apply

Part Time Program

9 Months

Program length

No upcoming starts available.

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Course Information

Required Courses

Course Code	Course Title	Credits
BTE 117	Legal Terminology & Procedures	3
BTE 125	Records Management	3
BTE 166	Business Editing Skills	3
BTE 213	Intro to Legal Office Procedures	3
BTE 229	Legal Transcription	3
BTE 230	Legal Transcription Hands-on Lab	1
BTE 238	Legal Office Procedures	3
BTE 268	Legal Transcription II	4
BUS 287	Cooperative Education	3
CIS 135	Complete Word Processing	3
CIS 140	Microsoft Outlook	1
ENG 113	Business English	3

BTE 117 Legal Terminology & Procedures

Introduces legal terminology and its proper usage in legal documents, legal instruments, and legal correspondence. Emphasis will be placed on definition of legal terms and expressions, correct spelling of terms, correct pronunciation, proper usage in a legal context, and legal procedures. The student will gain a basic understanding of the various areas of the law and career opportunities.

Start Date: No upcoming starts available.

BTE 125 Records Management

Instructs on how records are created, stored, and retrieved. Covers the basic filiing rules - classifying, indexing, coding, storing, and retrieving as applied to basic methods - alphabetic, chronological, subject, numeric, and geographic. Emphasizes 'hands-on' recotds management thorugh the use of simulations, which includes manual and/or computer software.

Start Date: No upcoming starts available.

BTE 166 Business Editing Skills

Provides proofreading techniques and reviews spelling, punctuation, grammar, and word processing formats on various types of business documents and worksheets.

Start Date: No upcoming starts available.

BTE 166 Business Editing Skills

Provides proofreading techniques and reviews spelling, punctuation, grammar, and word processing formats on various types of business documents and worksheets.

Start Date: No upcoming starts available.

BTE 213 Intro to Legal Office Procedures

Simulates a typical legal office and acquaints students with the tasks and responsibilities performed in a legal office environment and shows how these tasks relate to the court system.

Start Date: No upcoming starts available.

BTE 229 Legal Transcription

Prepares students to work as legal transcriptionists. Students transcribe a variety of legal documents and develop a legal vocabulary

Start Date: No upcoming starts available.

BTE 230 Legal Transcription Hands-on Lab

Covers the practical lab portion of the Legal Transcription course. Emphasizes the demonstration of recording Legal Transcription information discussed in BTE 229.

Start Date: No upcoming starts available.

BTE 238 Legal Office Procedures

Designed for students who will be working in a legal office either in the private or the public sector. Covers fundamental office procedures found in both general and specialized law offices

Start Date: No upcoming starts available.

BTE 268 Legal Transcription II

Continues Legal Transcription I, providing students with reinforcement of legal terminology, guidelines and formatting skills needed to prepare accurate legal documents in a timely manner.

Start Date: No upcoming starts available.

BUS 287 Cooperative Education

Provides students with the opportunity to supplement course work with practical work experience related to their educational program and occupational objectives. Students are placed at approved work stations related to their program of study. They work under the immediate supervision of experienced personnel at the business location and with the direct guidance of the instructor/coordinator.

Start Date: No upcoming starts available.

BUS 287 Cooperative Education

Provides students with the opportunity to supplement course work with practical work experience related to their educational program and occupational objectives. Students are placed at approved work stations related to their program of study. They work under the immediate supervision of experienced personnel at the business location and with the direct guidance of the instructor/coordinator.

Start Date: No upcoming starts available.

BUS 287 Cooperative Education

Provides students with the opportunity to supplement course work with practical work experience related to their educational program and occupational objectives. Students are placed at approved work stations related to their program of study. They work under the immediate supervision of experienced personnel at the business location and with the direct guidance of the instructor/coordinator.

Start Date: No upcoming starts available.

CIS 135 Complete Word Processing

Introduces basics of word processing software to create, edit, format, and print documents as well as advanced features to enhance documents. This course includes working with images, creating/using styles, formatting multi-page documents using advanced features of headers/footers and section breaks, integrating software to create and format tables and charts, using mail merge, and creating documents with columns.

Start Date: No upcoming starts available.

CIS 140 Microsoft Outlook

Introduces the functions used in Microsoft Outlook including e-mail messages, calendar, contacts, tasks, journals, and notes

Start Date: No upcoming starts available.

CIS 140 Microsoft Outlook

Introduces the functions used in Microsoft Outlook including e-mail messages, calendar, contacts, tasks, journals, and notes

Start Date: No upcoming starts available.

ENG 113 Business English

Introduces business English skills that are applicable to business correspondence. This course will review basic principles of grammar, punctuation, capitalization, spelling, and word usage.

Start Date: No upcoming starts available.

EMILY’S STORIES

Her advice for other students is to "never stop thinking big! You are never too young or too old to follow your dreams!"

Irma is from Juarez, Mexico. She came to the U.S. when she was 5 years old and has lived in the U.S. for 60 years and in Denver for 30 years.

She works as a Street Supervisor for RTD, where she writes memos about accidents and incidents reports. She chose to study at Emily Griffith because she wanted to improve her written English. She would like to move into a lead supervisor position but she needs to be able to communicate at a higher level so that others can easily understand what she writes.

To help her achieve her goal of becoming a lead street supervisor for RTD, Irma has taken classes that RTD offers, as well as English classes, and is learning computer skills. Her dream is to get a bachelor’s degree in management.

Her advice for other students is to “never stop thinking big! You are never too young or too old to follow your dreams!”

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