Adding to these skills, on successfully completing this program, students should be able to, among other things, demonstrate with a reasonable degree of efficiency:

• An understanding of all services in connection with documents relating to property that may be registered or recorded in a registry or other public office and meeting with clients to take instructions and execute documents

• An understanding of all services in connection with basic wills, including meeting with clients to take instructions and sign wills

• An understanding of key paralegal concepts • Application of skills to real work environments • A good working knowledge of substantive and procedural laws • An ability to find and sustain employment through the exercise of professional judgment and strong

interpersonal skills at all times • And much more.

Instructor Profile

All of our instructors and advisers have had a real-world experience, in addition to holding adequate qualifications in their field. In short, each instructor understands quite well the wishes of employers to attract qualified personnel and the struggle of students to juggle between the demands of study, family commitments and the need to train to high standards to be sufficiently competitive on the job market. To add to this understanding, our instructors are also highly accomplished at accommodating to learning styles and proficiency-based performance. We don’t just pay a lip service to the idea of being student-oriented. We are indeed both student-oriented and student-focused.

Career Prospects
Graduates of this program should be able to seek employment opportunities in offices of notaries public; major corporations; private law firms; Crown prosecutors’ offices; municipal, provincial and federal government offices; real estate firms; insurance offices; Canada Customs and Revenue Agency; police; corrections; quasi-judicial organizations, to name just a few.

In short, outside further academic pursuit, paralegal training provides the opportunity for graduates to work as part of a team in law firms, corporate legal departments, financial institutions, insurance companies, legal technology providers, and Federal, Provincial and Municipal Governments.

Depending on your career path, as a paralegal and under the supervision of a lawyer, you could be preparing trial documentation, interviewing witnesses, arranging trial dates and adjournments, drafting corporate/commercial documentation, completing Family Law Act financial statements, administering estates, negotiating leases, administering contracts, completing legal research, searching titles or processing real estate transactions.

Accreditation

The College is accredited by PCTIA, formerly the Education Commission of British Columbia.