Legal Administrative Assistant

COURSES DESCRIPTION 

This course introduces students to the skills necessary to be effective in a legal environment. Topics covered include federal and provincial legislative processes and court systems, legal documents, legal correspondence, confidentiality and professional responsibility, fees and billing, legal research and citations of law, vocabulary, and transcription. This course is part of the full-time Legal Administrative Assistant Program.

 

• · Creation, editing, storage, and filing of legal documents and correspondence
• · Legal administrative procedures in the areas of corporate law, conveyancing, litigation, family law, and wills and estates
• · Time management and priority setting
• · Keyboarding, proofreading, and audio transcription
• · Independent and collaborative problem solving
• · Effective communication
• · Confidentiality
  • · Skills training in keyboarding and transcription
  • · Individual and group work
  • · Lectures and videos
  • · Legal software demonstrations
  • · Field trips to Law Courts and law offices
  • · Theory and practical exams and assignments
  • · Two-week practicum

 
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
 
· Grade 12 completion or equivalent
· English 12 with a C grade, or equivalent
· OR   English Language Proficiency at an English 12 level
· Applicants must be 16 years of age or older or a graduate of a secondary school. (Some exceptions may apply.)
· Applicants must submit official transcripts and educational documents as required by their course or program.
 
 

RECOMMENDED CHARACTERISTICS

· Ability to accept responsibility and to plan and reason logically
· Ability to follow instructions and work under pressure
· Good organizational skills
· Adaptability to change
· Ability to work cooperatively with others
· Competency in business arithmetic
 
 


COURSE

1. Legal Office Procedures
2. Corporate Law
3. Conveyancing
4. Litigation
5. Family Law
6. Wills and Estates
7. Speed and Accuracy Development
8. Practicum

Marking Scheme
This course has in-class exercises weights 25%, assignments weighs 50%, and one final project weigh 25% toward the final grade.
Instructors have the discretion to make changes to the marking scheme deemed necessary. For details, please refer to individual class syllabus.


 Grading scale: