Sprott Shaw College - Chilliwack Campus

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Executive Legal Administrator with Practicum

Sprott Shaw College - Chilliwack Campus

Faculty:Faculty of Administration
Degree:Certificate
Field of Study:Legal Assistant/Paralegal
Length:53 Week(s)
Careers:Court RecordersParalegalsTrademark Agents

Description:

The Executive Legal Administrator diploma program has been developed to meet the needs of today’s companies focusing on MS Office, Sage 50 (Simply) Accounting, and Document Efficiencies, communication, and training in the areas of digital marketing (including social media), human resources, and travel/event planning. Executive Legal Administrators’ duties may include the preparing of presentation materials, compiling data, preparing routine correspondence, researching statistics and other information, attend committee meetings and minute taking. Other duties typical of this role may include scheduling, invoicing, payments, ordering of office supplies, and supervision of office workers.

Executive Legal Administrators are required to have an understanding of the vocabulary and processes of law. They handle and format legal correspondence such as deeds, wills, affidavits and briefs. They also proofread outgoing documents and correspondence to make sure that the documents agree with legal procedures and grammatical usage. In some cases, they attend court or meetings to take notes or minutes. This program includes a practicum placement. This experience within a workplace enables Instructional staff to observe the student in a practice situation while providing the student with the opportunity to gain direct exposure to the chosen career field.


Prerequisites:

These courses are intended as guidelines. Speak to your guidance counsellor to see what courses are offered at your school.
    Grade 12/ GED, or mature student status. Applicants must successfully complete the admissions interview and assessments.

    * We make every attempt to provide accurate information on prerequisites, programs, and tuition. However, this information is subject to change without notice and we highly recommend that you contact the school to confirm important information before applying.

    Modified on August 12, 2019