Legal Administrative Diploma

School: The Law School
+ Credential: Ontario College Diploma
+ Diploma Type: Diploma program
+ Program Length: 8 months/32 weeks/Full Time
+ Program Hours: 500 hrs.
+ Days: Weekdays or Weekends
+ Hours: Varies
+ Intakes: Fall, Winter, Summer
+ Fee: Please Contact Registrar

Program Highlights

Upon successful completion, a candidate will confidently manage to:

Schedule appointments and meetings
Proofread and edit documents
Conduct legal research
Take notes and dictation during meetings
Prepare legal documents such as wills, affidavits, deeds
Create briefs and real estate contracts

Our field-experienced instructors provide career-focused training in corporate law, real estate, wills and estates, litigation, and family law to give you a strong legal foundation. Gain the administrative, legal, and organizational skills to explore employment opportunities with law firms, corporate legal departments, government agencies, real estate companies, land title offices and more.

Program outcome

What will make OCBT graduates job ready?

Prepare and key in correspondence and legal documents, such as deeds, wills, affidavits, and briefs, from handwritten copy, shorthand and machine dictation using computers
Review and proofread documents and correspondence to ensure compliance with legal procedures and grammatical usage
Schedule appointments, meetings, and conferences for employer
Set up and maintain filing systems, utilizing knowledge of legal records and procedures, and frequently controlling confidential materials and documents
Open and distribute regular and electronic incoming mail and other material and co-ordinate the flow of information internally and with other departments or organizations
Determine and establish office procedures and routines
Supervise and train other staff in procedures and in the use of current software