Legal Administrative Assistant Paralegal

Program Benefits

– Enter a field with a $28/hour median wage
– Practicum placements provide real-world experience
– Career Services department provides assistance finding jobs and building resumes

Admission

– Grade 12 or equivalent
OR
– Mature student status (18 years of age or older) and a passing score on the entrance examination

Career Opportunities

– Law Firms
– Legal Departments
– Corporations
– Government Agencies
– Real Estate Firms
– Trust Companies
– Financial Institutions

Are you interested in the law and the Canadian legal system? Now you can train for a career as a paralegal through Bright Horizon Academy’s fully online diploma program.

Explore contracts, torts, family law, criminal law, and more through engaging virtual classrooms and online assignments designed to build practical legal knowledge.

With 100% online instruction, you’ll receive the same applied training offered in traditional classrooms, along with one-on-one guidance from industry-experienced instructors—all while learning from the comfort of your home.

Before graduation, you’ll complete a four-week real-world practicum in a law office or corporate legal department to gain valuable hands-on experience.

Graduates of this program are not eligible for paralegal licensing in Ontario.

This program has been approved by the registrar of the Private Training Institutions Branch (PTIB) of the Ministry of Advanced Education and Skills Training.

Salary

Qestions & Answers

Assist lawyers by interviewing clients, witnesses and other related parties, assembling documentary evidence, preparing trial briefs, and arranging for trials. Assist lawyers in preparation for mediation and judicial dispute resolutions.
Paralegals need to master a range of skills to enable them to gain a competitive advantage in the legal sector. The following skills will help to prove competency and to make you stand out: Communication, Organisation, Writing/ Drafting, Corporate paralegal skills: Research, Technology, Attention to detail, Team Work.
  • Assist lawyers by interviewing clients, witnesses and other related parties, assembling documentary evidence, preparing trial briefs, and arranging for trials
  • Assist lawyers in preparation for mediation and judicial dispute resolutions
  • Under the supervision of a lawyer, prepare wills, real estate transactions and other legal documents, court reports and affidavits
  • Research records, court files and other legal documents
  • Draft legal correspondence and perform general office and clerical duties.
The educational requirements for a paralegal vary according to the province or location. For example, some employers require a bachelor’s degree, some accept paralegal certificates, while others provide on-the-job training. Generally, paralegals require some form of post-secondary school education.
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  • Commissioner of affidavits
  • Commissioner of marriages
  • Corporate paralegal
  • Family law paralegal
  • Independent paralegal
  • Judicial officer
  • Justice of the peace
  • Land titles examiner
  • Legal researcher
  • Notary public
  • Paralegal
  • Real estate law clerk
  • Registrar of bankruptcy
  • Title searcher
  • Trademark agent