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Legal Administrative Assistant Diploma Program

Program Overview

A legal administrative assistant’s challenging work includes legal transcription, managing legal office procedures, and maintaining documents and client files. This role is vital to the successful operation of any law office or legal department.

Our program provides you with communication skills, computer technical skills, interpersonal skills, and knowledge of diverse legal processes, principles, procedures, and case studies in many different areas of Canadian law. You will be ready to find employment as a Legal Assistant, Legal Administrative Assistant, or Administrative Support Personnel.

Campbell College has been successfully educating professionals since 1986. On average, 90% of our graduates have found rewarding careers in their chosen fields.

Start Dates End Dates
September 6, 2022 April 21, 2023
November 7, 2022 June 23, 2023

Program Length

Instruction & Study Breaks 45 weeks
Practicum 8 weeks
Total 53 weeks

Course Fee

Tuition Fee $16,850.00 CAD
Books/Lab Fees $1,900.00 CAD
Total Payment $18,750.00 CAD

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Courses Covered
Business English & Business Communication
 
Course Description
This course is an in-depth examination of business writing concepts and techniques. Students will learn to refine their customer-focused writing skills, learn the mechanics of professional business writing, and increase their ability and confidence in verbal and written communication.
Keyboarding
 
Course Description
This course supports the acquisition of accurate keyboarding and maximum keyboarding speed using touch typing. The goal is accuracy first and speed second.
Transcription
 
Course Description
This course enhances typing skills developed throughout the keyboarding course and improves grammar, punctuation, and spelling skills developed through the Business English course. Students will use a Transcription Tutorial to learn and practice the skills, shortcuts, and techniques needed to produce quality transcripts.
Applied Office Procedures
 
Course Description
This course provides an opportunity for students to study and practice the systems and procedures used in today’s business offices—everything from file- and records-management to organizational techniques.
Computer Applications
 
Course Description
This course helps students understand how a computer works and how to use Microsoft Windows to run other applications and manage files, folders, and other resources. Students will gain a sound knowledge of the Microsoft Office Professional Suite. Graduates will be able to create business documents, e-mails, spreadsheets, and maintain databases.
Professional Development Workshops
 
Course Description
This course is an in-depth examination of the intrapersonal and interpersonal skills required for personal and employment success. These workshops are integrated throughout the program to provide students with high-impact communication, team-building, and problem-solving skills.
Career Search & Management
 
Course Description
This course is an in-depth examination of the tools and techniques required to gain and maintain employment in the legal administrative career path. Students will use the concepts, strategies, and methods for finding, applying, interviewing, and securing employment.
General Law Office Practices
 
Course Description
In this course, students learn the day-to-day operations, management, and procedures of a legal office. The latest developments in office technology are presented and applied practically as students draft standard legal documents including contractual agreements, statements of claim and defence, official letters, and internal memos.
Legal Office Applications
 
Course Description
This course provides students with an introduction to a variety of software and web-based search resources such as Canlii, Quicklaw, and the Alberta Queen’s Printer. Legal accounting and billing programs such as PCLaw, ESILaw, and ProLaw will be demonstrated.
Principles of Canadian Law and Legal Terminology
 
Course Description
Students will build a vocabulary of standard legal terminology used within a law office, government agency, court systems, social services, and current affairs through practice, study guides and quizzes. They will be introduced to Canadian law and the legal system: legal processes and institutions, principles of legal reasoning and approaches to the analysis of law. Students will learn the law governing relationships between individuals and between individuals and the state.
Wills & Estates
 
Course Description
This course provides an overview of the legal principles governing the preparation of a will. Students will learn the terminology used in wills and the basic steps involved in the preparation and execution of a will–including testacy and intestacy, obtaining letters, and administering the estate.
Real Estate Law
 
Course Description
This course focuses on the substantive law of real estate. Students are introduced to basic conveyancing procedures. The land titles system is covered, along with the forms and documents relating to transfer of title, encumbrances, mortgages, and discharge of encumbrances/mortgages. The structure of a real estate sale will be illustrated. Students also learn the legal requirements for acting for the vendor and acting for the purchaser.
Civil Litigation
 
Course Description
This course introduces students to the courts of law. Judges, court officials, and their respective duties are discussed. The rules of court practice are set out in the Court of Queen’s Bench Act and the Queen’s Bench Rules. Students will learn the steps, documents, and limitation periods set out in these official Rules. Actions and applications are the two categories of civil proceedings brought before the courts. Appeals and motions occur within these categories. This section will step through a model of a civil action, and it will also review the processes of applications, appeals, and motions. Definitions will be provided for legal terminology and precedents of completed court documents will be reviewed.
Family Law
 
Course Description
Family law is an ever-growing area of litigation. It encompasses the laws governing marriage, cohabitation, separation, divorce, custody, access, support and division of property upon marriage breakdown. This course introduces the relevant statutes and provides precedents of commonly used documents. Students will follow through contested and uncontested divorce proceedings step-by-step. They will also learn the procedures for division of property, domestic agreements, and variation of court orders.
Business Law
 
Corporate & Commercial Law
This course introduces students to the various forms of business ownership and the steps required to incorporate. Students will learn the basic legal procedures and work with the documents associated with buying and selling business assets and the registration of a security interest. The course will compare and contrast proprietorships and partnerships, and students will learn the steps and procedures required for incorporation. Students will explore the legal documentation associated with corporate matters including the maintenance of a minute book, post incorporation matters, corporate structure and documentation, commercial transactions and instruments, bills of sale, and chattel mortgages.
Insurance Law
 
Course Description
This course is designed to help students learn about insurance law through the application of theoretical concepts regarding practical situations that arise in case analysis and legislation. Students will learn the nature of insurance contracts and peculiarities specific to this contract. Students will become familiar with terminology, jargon, and actual cases. Students will develop an understanding based on specific reference to MPI cases and cases covering Life and Property Insurance. Students will also learn about reinsurance.
Credit and Collections
 
Course Description
This course is designed to help students learn about debtor and creditor rights and remedies. Students will learn the laws governing credit and the process for determining whether a cause of action exists, commencing of the action, and enforcement of the judgment. Students will specifically learn the Court of Queen’s Bench process for debt recovery and collections as well as the process in the Provincial Court/Small Claims Court. Students will examine pre- and post-judgment creditor remedies. Other aspects of study include a consideration of garnishment, execution against land and personal property, and the law of foreclosure and bankruptcy. Students will also learn the parameters of various consumer-protection legislation.
Practicum
 
Students will be placed in legal offices and will work alongside company employees for four weeks in order to gain the valuable real-world experience so many employers seek in a Legal Assistant.
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