Law Clerk

A Co-operative Education Program (Optional)
A Two-Year Ontario College Diploma Program
Program Code: LCK1
Campus Code: LC (LC - London)
September/January Admission
15 week terms
Academic Calendars available at www.fanshawec.ca/academicdates 

Contact

School of Information Technology: 519-452-4291

Program Description

Fanshawe College's Law Clerk program is designed to provide students with a solid grounding in legal principles combined with the practical law clerk training that students will need to enter the diverse, fast-paced, modern field of law.
 
As a graduate of the Law Clerk program you will work as part of a team in law firms, corporate legal departments, financial institutions, insurance companies, legal technology providers, title insurance companies, Federal, Provincial and Municipal Governments or in any other capacity where a legal environment exists.

Depending upon your choice of career path, you could find yourself 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.

At Fanshawe College you will learn about many areas of Canadian law including civil litigation, corporate/commercial, debtor and creditor rights, real estate, landlord and tenant, estate administration, family law and contracts. You will refine your communication and information processing skills as you learn how to research, analyze, and write in the legal environment. You will develop an ability to work in a variety of leading-edge legal software applications and online commercial legal databases and services.

University Transfer Credits and Degree Completion

For information concerning the Degree Pathways for this program visit www.fanshawec.ca/degreepathways. 

Applicant Selection Criteria

Where the number of eligible applicants exceeds the available spaces in the program, the Applicant Selection Criteria will be:

1. Preference for Permanent Residents of Ontario.
2. Receipt of Application by February 1st.
3. Achievement in the Admission Requirements. 

Co-operative Education

This is a two-year program with optional co-op.  Students who fulfill both the academic and co-op requirements of the program will be eligible to graduate with a co-op endorsed diploma.  More information about co-operative education can be found at www.fanshawec.ca/coop

Other Information

• Students may be required to take evening as well as day classes.
• Level three of the Law Clerk program is offered both in the Fall Term and the Summer Term. While each student's preference for registration will be considered, it may not be possible for all students to register in Level three in their first choice of Term. It may be necessary for some students to register in the alternate Term.
• Graduation from Fanshawe College's Law Clerk program satisfies the educational course and exam requirements for associate level membership in the Institute of Law Clerks of Ontario, www.ilco.on.ca/.
• Graduates of the Fanshawe College Business Foundations Ontario College Certificate program can apply to Level 1 of the Law Clerk Ontario College Diploma program and may be granted up to two internal credits towards this program.