Legal Administrative Assistant Paralegal
Admission
Benefits of this program
Employment Opportunities
Are you interested in the law and the Canadian legal system? Now you can train to become a paralegal in Rumi Academy’s fully-online diploma program.
Study contracts, torts, family and criminal law, and much more in virtual classrooms with online assignments.
With 100% of instruction online, receive the same hands-on training you would in a traditional classroom, with one-on-one attention from industry-experienced instructors, but learn from the comfort of your own home.
Before you graduate, complete a real-world, four-week practicum placement in a corporate legal department or law office to gain hands-on legal experience.
Graduates of this program are not eligible to get licensed 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
- $28 AVERAGE WAGE/HR**
- $39 HIGH WAGE/HR**
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:
- 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.
- Commercial law clerk
- 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