Continuing Education
Continuing Education
Legal Administration and Paralegal
Become a trained legal administrative assistant and support legal professionals in law, corporate, government, notary, insurance, or real estate offices.
When you graduate from the program, you possess a full range of essential skills in legal procedures, including litigation, family law, corporate law, wills and estates, and conveyancing. You are fully ready to launch a rewarding career in the legal field. You also have the option to continue your studies to earn a Paralegal certificate or diploma.
Credential: Certificate
Format: Full time
Delivery: Online
Duration: 7 months
Tuition*: $7,803
Program eligible for financial aid
Practicum available? Yes
Start dates: January, September
Application deadline:
December for January start date | August for September start date.
* Tuition subject to change without notice. Textbooks are not included in tuition.
Legal Administrative Assistants (LAA) qualify for a variety of administrative support positions in corporate offices, law enforcement agencies, government services including court services and Crown Counsel, federal, provincial, and municipal offices, notaries public, insurance companies, financial organizations, correctional institutions, and real estate offices.
These diverse workplaces require assistants that have a higher skill set, knowledge base, and keen multitasking abilities. UFV’s LAA program offers you the most up to date industry knowledge and practical skills so that you are job-ready upon graduation. A career as a legal administrative assistant provides interesting and challenging work and can be both personally and financially rewarding.
Upon successful completion of the Legal Administrative Assistant certificate, you can continue your studies into the Paralegal Certificate and Paralegal Diploma programs.
Admission Requirements
View entrance requirements in the UFV Academic Calendar.
The program is divided into eight modules, as listed below. The first is an overview of general legal procedures, followed by five courses covering specialty areas of law.
In order to qualify for the practicum module, you must have successfully completed all previous coursework and attendance requirements. When you qualify for a practicum, UFV Continuing Education facilitates a practicum that provides you with meaningful work-like experience and exposure to the legal field.
Practicum placements reflect the business practices of the practicum host, which includes placement during standard business hours. Transportation to the practicum site is your responsibility and may require travel outside your community of residence. If you refuse an assigned practicum site you will need to find your own site and obtain departmental approval prior to the start of your practicum.
Please discuss any barriers that may affect your practicum assignment with UFV Continuing Education immediately after registration.
Phone: 604-851-6324
Toll free: 1-888-504-7441 ext. 6324
Email: continuingeducation@ufv.ca
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