Post-Secondary Program Office Administration - Legal. Programa de Administración de Empresas - Legal

In the Office Administration - Legal program at Centennial College, you see the legal system unfold before your eyes.

This college business diploma program´s courses not only allow you to develop core office administration skills, but also focus on:

Legal office environments.
Building an understanding of current issues in Canadian law
Specialized areas of practice such as civil litigation, family law, real estate, wills, estate and more.
The use of specialized legal office software, with an emphasis on computer-generated document production and word processing.
To round out the Office Administration - Legal training, in the final term you complete a two-day-per-week field placement during which you have the opportunity to apply specific legal office administration skills. Among these skills are preparation of legal documents using word processing, legal terminology and office procedures used in law firms or corporate legal departments.

The field placement is organized and supervised by faculty members of the program. Faculty and staff work closely with you to help you find a placement well suited to your needs. While the placement is unpaid, it provides valuable resume enhancement experience.

Upon graduation from the Office Administration - Legal program, you have the option to advance your education by seamlessly transferring into the School of Business´ Law Clerk program (2804).

Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) or equivalent, or mature student status (19 years or older)
English Grade 12 C or U, or equivalent (minimum grade required)

Start Date:Fall, Winter

Semester 1
College Communication 1
General Education Elective
Keyboarding 1
Office Administration Technology 1
Introduction to Word Processing
Document Review & Proofreading
Financial Procedures

Semester 2
College Communication 2
Keyboarding 2
Word Processing Applications
Career Readiness
Office Administration Technology 2
Office Procedures and Communications
Machine Transcription

Semester 3
Global Citizenship: From Social Analysis to Social Action
Keyboarding 3
Integrated Software Applications
Legal Machine Transcription
Legal Office Procedures
Civil Litigation Procedures

Semester 4
General Education Elective
Keyboarding 4
Field Placement
Family Law and Legal Software
Corporate, Wills and Estates
Real Estate Procedures

Assistant to president of an organization
Executive assistant
Administrative assistant
Administrative support officer
Senior secretary
Executive secretary
Office coordinator
Legal secretary
Legal administrative assistant
Legal office support
Administrative support officer