Law Clerk Ontario College Diploma

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Centennial College

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• Objectives
  Centennial College's Law Clerk program provides an excellent opportunity for students to acquire the skills necessary to practice as a law clerk. A wide variety of law courses, in conjunction with computer legal software courses, fully prepares the students for employment in the legal profession.
• Practical experience
  A unique feature of Centennial's program is a four days per week work placement in the final semester. This work placement provides invaluable work experience for our students and allows them to apply their knowledge to real-life legal situations. This placement often leads to full-time job opportunities for graduates of the Law Clerk program.
• Academic title
  Law Clerk Ontario College Diploma
• Course description
  Semester 1 Courses
  Course Code     Course Name     Lecture     Lab
  COMM-160/161     College Communication 1 / (ESL)         
  GNED-107     Current Issues in Canadian Law         
  ELECT     Elective         
  LAWS-105     Computers for Law Clerks         
  LAWS-221     Family Law         
  Semester 2 Courses
  Course Code     Course Name     Lecture     Lab
  COMM-170/171     College Communication 2 / (ESL)         
  LAWS-112     Real Estate 1         
  LAWS-114     Civil Litigation         
  LAWS-115     Corporate Law         
  LAWS-310     Automated Law Office 1         
  Semester 3 Courses
  Course Code     Course Name     Lecture     Lab
  GNED-500     Global Citizenship: From Social Analysis to Social Action         
  JOBS-221     Job Search Skills         
  LAWS-117     Legal Research and Writing         
  LAWS-223     Real Estate 2         
  LAWS-228     Administrative Law         
  LAWS-315     Automated Law Office 2         
  Semester 4 Courses
  Course Code     Course Name     Lecture     Lab
  LAWS-224     Wills & Estates         
  LAWS-225     Debtor Creditor/Landlord Tenant Law         
  LAWS-226     Work Placement- Law Clerk         
  
  NOTES:
  
  1. The prerequisites for entrance to the fourth semester work placement course (LAWS-226) are:
      o Student must have successfully completed LAWS105, LAWS-221, LAWS-112, LAWS-114, LAWS-115, LAWS-117, LAWS-223, LAWS-228, LAWS-310, LAWS-315, and GNED-107 with an overall 2.0 GPA in these courses.
  
  2. Students must have a minimum C grade in COMM-170/171
  
  3. LAWS-226 is graded PASS or FAIL only and does not have any positive impact on your GPA.
  
  4. Students require an overall minimum GPA of 2.0 and a minimum keyboarding speed of 40 wpm to graduate from the program.

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