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Paralegals, legal assistants, and law clerks in law firms prepare legal documents, maintain records/files, and conduct research. They may also conduct interviews.
Independent paralegals provide certain legal services as allowed by provincial/territorial legislation. They may represent clients in small claims court, in other lower courts, at tribunals or before administrative bodies.
schoolEducation
You must have a high school diploma.
To be a legal assistant or paralegal, you need a bachelor's degree in law or a college diploma in a legal assistant/law clerk program or in-house training.
To be an independent paralegal, you usually obtain your education through experience, industry-sponsored courses or a college paralegal program.
Most recent entrants have a trade/vocational certificate or community college diploma, and almost 2 in 5 have an undergraduate university degree.
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Sheridan
Oakville, Ontario, CA
Related Program(s): Paralegal Diploma
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CDI College (Edmonton West Campus)
Edmonton, Alberta, CA
Related Program(s): Legal Assistant Diploma
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CDI College (Edmonton South Campus)
Edmonton, Alberta, CA
Related Program(s): Legal Assistant Diploma
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Durham College
Oshawa, Ontario, CA
Related Program(s): Paralegal Diploma; University Transfer Law Clerk Advanced (Fast-Track) Diploma; Advanced
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CDI College (Montréal Campus)
Montréal, Québec, CA
Related Program(s): Paralegal Technology Diploma
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CDI College (Calgary City Centre Campus)
Calgary, Alberta, CA
Related Program(s): Legal Assistant Diploma
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