Suwon and Ajou Law School Launch Legal Secretary Training Program

[Suwon Ilbo=Correspondent Jung Jun-seong] The 'Legal Secretary Training Program,' jointly conducted by Suwon City and Ajou University Law School, has taken its first step.

Suwon City and Ajou University Law School held an opening ceremony for the legal secretary training program on the 5th in the grand hall of Ajou University's Dasan Building, launching the first training session for 30 trainees.

The 'Legal Secretary Training Program' differs from existing employment support projects that connect education and training with employment. Instead, this program first secures employment opportunities and then provides differentiated training to cultivate unemployed women as specialized professionals.

Ajou University's Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation began recruiting trainees (unemployed women residing in Suwon) in June and selected participants through document and interview screenings.

Suwon City and Ajou University Law School are collaborating to develop legal secretaries. Upon completion of the three-month program, which runs until September 3, trainees will receive employment support for law firms and corporate legal departments. This is the first program of its kind nationwide in which a local government and law school collaborate, with operations conducted by Ajou University's Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation.

After completing 'professional job training' (3 months), trainees will receive systematic employment support services including 'one-on-one coaching with legal experts' (1 month) and 'internship programs and employment support for law firms and corporate legal departments' (3 months).

The instructors consist of legal experts including Ajou University Law School professors, lawyers, and law office managers. Graduates will be employed as legal secretaries at attorney and legal affairs offices and corporate legal departments with which Ajou Law School has established network agreements.

Suwon is uniquely positioned as the only basic local government with a High Court and a Prosecutor's Office, resulting in high demand for legal secretaries. The jurisdiction of Suwon High Court and High Prosecutor's Office covers a population of approximately 8.2 million, making it the second largest among six high courts after Seoul High Court, which serves approximately 19 million people.