Legal Administrative Assistant
Curriculum Guideline
Effective Date:
Program code
CTOADLA
Discontinued
No
Program
Faculty
Commerce & Business Administration
Department
Office Administration
Credential type
Certificate
Transcript title
Office Admin - Leg Admin Asst
Date of first offering
Start term
200420
End term
201520
Credential
Certificate in Office Administration - Legal Administrative Assistant
Length of program
Two semesters
Credits
30.00
Admissions requirements
- General Admission Requirements (excluding Language Proficiency Requirement).
- Strong English skills are required. Students who are weak in English skills should consider upgrading through the Developmental Studies or English as a Second Language Program.
- English 11 with a grade of "C" or better or the following exemptions:
- EN 12 "P"
- EN LIT 12 "P"
- TPC 12 "P"
- COMM 12 "C+"
For more information on Minimum Language Competency Standard, please visit the Admissions section of the calendar.
Keyboarding speeds: Full-time students require 40 net words per minute. Part-time students do not require a specific keyboarding speed for entry, however, students must provide proof of keyboarding speed before registration in any course which has a keyboarding prerequisite (see the Course Descriptions section of this Calendar). Students with no previous keyboarding experience may take beginning keyboarding (OADM 1103) during their first semester at the College.
Curriculum framework
Semester I
OADM 1218 | Legal Office Procedures - Introduction and Corporate Law | 3 |
OADM 1303 | Keyboarding Skill Development | 3 |
OADM 1240 | Business Communications and Procedures | 3 |
OADM 1256 | Microcomputer Applications I | 3 |
OADM 1245 | Employability Skills | 3 |
15 |
Semester II
OADM 1326 | Legal Office Procedures - Litigation | 3 |
OADM 1327 | Legal Office Procedures - Family Law | 3 |
OADM 1328 | Legal Office Procedures - Conveyancing | 3 |
OADM 1329 | Legal Office Procedures - Will and Estates | 3 |
OADM 1400 | Job Search* | 2 |
14 |
*Job Search should only be taken during your final semester in the program.
Semester III
OADM 1401 | Office Practicum | 1 |
Total credits | 30 |