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Prepare for a career in Criminal Law, Corporate Law, Family Law, Immigration Law, Civil Law, Administrative Law, Real Estate Law, Litigation or Notarial Law.
* NEWS : this program is also offered online! *
This intensive four-semester program (16 months) in Paralegal Technology leads to an Attestation of Collegial Studies (ACS) and includes a 6-week internship (210 hours).
Course software: Office 365 Windows which includes OneDrive, Outlook, Word, Excel, and Teams, as well as Soquij, Quicklaw, La référence, Aliform and EnAct.
This program is ideal for adults who wish to quickly reorient their careers towards a field in great demand.
This program enables students to acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to work within the legal profession. These include, but are not limited to, analysing and researching legal issues, drafting procedures and other legal documents, attending meetings with clients and assisting lawyers during trials before different tribunals.
Objectives of the Paralegal Technology program
This Paralegal Technology program prepares you to perform several functions in the legal fields such as commercial law, family law, criminal law, etc. You will be able to edit and submit files for analysis and research. For example, you will learn how to write pleadings, perform legal research and manage several other types of legal files.
Bilingual Environment in Paralegal Technology
At O’Sullivan College of Montreal, this program is not limited to the study of law. To better prepare you for the job market you will follow French as a Second Language courses, as part of the general education classes. You will also be able to take a law course in French from the second semester on. Furthermore, you will have the opportunity to perfect your bilingualism each semester with other students enrolled in this DCS by completing a group assignment in French. In order to comply with the needs of the labour market and the directives of the Ministère de l’Éducation et de l’Enseignement supérieur, you will learn how to:
- Read second-language doctrine and jurisprudence;
- Learn basic writing skills in a second language;
- Carry out bilingual research.
