Legal Administration
Canadian Imperial College offers an Diploma in Legal Administration. This is a two-year foundation program aimed at providing core clerical, administrative skills, and terminology to allow individuals to excell in legal office environments.
| School | Legal |
| Credits | 60 |
| Course Length | Four Semesters (2 years) |
| Hours | 20 hrs/week x 72 weeks |
| Credential | Diploma |
| Delivery Options | Onsite, Online, and Combination. |
| Instruction Options | Full-time |
| Offered | Fall, Winter, and Spring |
| Practicum | Yes |
| Tuition | (See breakdown below) |
| Home Student | CAD 10,000.00 / year |
| International Student | CAD 15,000.00 / year |
Regular Applicants
- Secondary school graduation or equivalent and 16 years of age or
- Alberta Grade 12 English Language and Mathematics or;
- Successful completion of the General Educational Development (GED) test that consists of five tests with a minimum score of 450 in each test.
Mature Applicants
- Mature applicants are at least 19 years of age and have been out of the full-time senior secondary study for at least one year.
- Mature applicants without English 12 can write the academic achievement testing (CAT 4) with a minimum of 60% score.
- Mature applicants without English 12 can provide proof of English Proficiency test with
International Applicants
- Applicants who are not national students who meet the guidelines established for international students studying in Canada by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC).
- All applicants must be high school graduates or equivalent. Students with out of country equivalencies, require equivalency Students with International transcripts must provide proof of the subject-specific requirements.
- Applicants from non-English speaking countries must have proof of English Proficiency test with
- Applicants with non-English documents must provide English translated and notarized
Minimum English Proficiency Test Results
- IELTS- International English Language Testing Service
- Overall Band of 6
- With nothing less than5
- CELPIP: Canadian English Language Proficiency Index Program
- Overall band of 6
- With nothing less than 6
- TOEFL (TOEFL iBT® and TOEFL® Essentials™)
- Overall score of 78
- with nothing less than 19
- CBL Equivalent Level of 6
- Other English Proficiency Results available on case-to-case
The Diploma in Legal Administration allows students to work as a captioner and court reporter, judicial clerk, land title analyst, legal administrator, and liaison/consultant.
| Title | Credits |
Semester 1 | |
| Keyboarding 1 | 3 |
| Office administration | 3 |
| Introduction to word processing | 3 |
| Document review and proof reading | 3 |
| Financial procedures | 3 |
| Title | Credits |
Semester 2 | |
| Office procedures and communications | 3 |
| Machine transcription | 3 |
| Keyboarding 2 | 3 |
| Word processing applications | 3 |
| Office administration 2 | 3 |
| Title | Credits |
Semester 3 | |
| Global citizenship | 3 |
| Integrated software applications | 3 |
| Legal machine transcription | 3 |
| Legal office procedures | 3 |
| Litigation procedures | 3 |
| Title | Credits |
Semester 4 | |
| Keyboarding 3 | 3 |
| Legal Software | 3 |
| *Family law | 3 |
| *Corporate law | 3 |
| *Wills and Estates Law | 3 |
| *Real estate procedures | 3 |
| *Criminal Law Procedures | 3 |
| Practicum | |
Note: *Electives