Study Law Clerk part-time
Ontario College Diploma
Learn from professionals in the community. Gain experience during field training. Specialized courses using current industry tools and standards.
Please refer to the Law Clerk program page for all of the main details, including admissions requirements.
Program information
Program description
As integral members of the legal team, law clerks work independently under the general supervision of聽a lawyer and assist with numerous tasks associated with the handling of diverse legal matters, including direct interaction with internal and external stakeholders. In this program, you learn to draft legal correspondence and memoranda and prepare various court documents in practice areas such as real estate, corporate, estates, civil litigation and family law, utilizing current legal software to produce documents to professional standards. You learn legal administration skills, substantive law, ethics, collaboration and professionalism.聽You engage in experiential learning through a field placement that reinforces and expands upon the knowledge and skills acquired in the classroom.聽
Review program admission requirements and information about career opportunities.
Course information
Course offerings and equivalents
Currently available courses are listed below. Please see our course listings of available聽General Education听补苍诲听Communications聽courses for this program.
How to apply to the part-time Law Clerk diploma program
Apply online through ontariocolleges.ca
- Make sure you meet program admission requirements
- Complete an online application using the using the part-time program code
- When registration opens, 聽select the course(s) from the program webpage course listing and follow the prompt steps to register and pay
Need help with your application?
Watch a video tutorial
- 聽to learn how to apply with the online application
Contact the Office of the Registrar
Frequently asked questions (FAQs)
Finance and fees
As a part-time student, you may be eligible for OSAP funding, depending on the number of courses you take per semester.
For more information about OSAP, including eligibility requirements and how to apply, visit the OSAP/financial aid webpage.
As a part-time student, you can take one to three courses per semester, paying on a course-by-course basis.
For course fee information, select a course from the course information section of this page.
Online learning
These courses are offered through OntarioLearn. Visit the OntarioLearn webpage to learn more.
OntarioLearn courses are set up as equivalents to the 兔子先生 courses. You can choose to take the ODE courses or the 兔子先生 courses.
When a 兔子先生 course isn鈥檛 available to be delivered online, we鈥檝e listed an OntarioLearn course in the delivery schedule. The majority of the 兔子先生 courses have ODE equivalents set up. You can choose to take either course.
Credit for Prior Learning (CPL)
Previous postsecondary education: If you鈥檝e completed courses, or some or all of a program, at another accredited postsecondary institution, you may be able to transfer all or some of your courses into a related program at 兔子先生.
Relevant work or life experience: If you have relevant work and/or life experience that relates to your program(s) of interest at 兔子先生, Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition (PLAR) is an academic credit option.
To learn more about transfer credit and PLAR, visit the Credit for Prior Learning webpage.
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Tammy Burke-Marson, Programming Support Assistant