About Office Administration – Legal in Sheridan College (Ontario)

Things you'll learn to do

• Produce accurate court documents.
• Compose routine legal correspondence and legal e-transcripts.
• Apply legal terminology.
• Use the latest software applications specific to the industry.

Co-op experience

Students who are accepted into the co-op program will spend one term (a total of four months) working in a legal office setting. This unique combination of classroom study and on-the-job training will allow you to explore a variety of legal office administration careers, gain work experience, and apply classroom learning to a legal office setting.

Learning Outcomes

The graduate has reliably demonstrated the ability to:

• Conduct oneself professionally and adhere to relevant legislation, standards and codes of ethics.
• Manage the scheduling, coordination and organization of administrative tasks and workflow within specific deadlines and according to set priorities and procedures.
• Coordinate the collection, analysis, distribution and response to communications in the workplace to facilitate the flow of information.
• Operate and provide support to others related to the use of office equipment and technologies.
• Evaluate, establish and administer legal records management systems to ensure confidential, secure, accessible and organized electronic and paper records.
• Produce client account and billing records for legal services by compiling relevant information and using accounting software.
• Produce legal documentation for corporate, civil, family, real estate and wills and estates law using available technologies and applying industry standards.
• Use interpersonal and client service skills to respond to diversity and to support the goals of the organization.

Career Opportunities

As a graduate of Sheridan's Office Administration – Legal program, you'll be ready to begin your career as a legal administrative assistant. Many of our grads also continue their education and advance in their career to become law clerks, paralegals, office managers and senior administrators.

Here are some areas in which you might work:

• Criminal or litigation law administration
• Estate administration
• Real estate law administration
• Family law administration
• Intellectual property law administration
• Corporate or business law administration

Academic qualification equivalents

• Secondary School Diploma or equivalent, include one English, Grade 12 (ENG4C or ENG4U), minimum 60%

English language requirements (one of the below):

• IELTS       :    6 – Overall Band Score with no Band below 5.5
• TOEFL      :    80 (20L,W,S,R) iBT (Internet-based TOEFL) or 550 Paper-based
• PTE A       :    58 - Overall Minimum Score  (49L,W,S,R)

Sheridan College (Ontario) Highlights

Sheridan College (Ontario) The Average Tuition Fees And Other Expenses

Though the cost of attendance for a student studying at Sheridan College would vary as per standard of living and choices of an individual, however, the estimated average cost for an academic year is tabulated below: