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Ministry-approved title: Law Clerk
The Law Clerk Program will provide you with opportunities to develop the legal, technical, and essential skills necessary to secure full-time employment and launch an exciting legal career. Students benefit from a balanced learning program, combining legal theory, practice, and technology as well as communication and research skills needed to succeed.
Durham College (DC) offers pre-admission assessment testing to mature domestic applicants to meet admission requirements in English and/or math. Domestic applicants that are 19 years of age or older as of the start date of their program, and who do not have the required program credit(s) i.e., Grade 12 English and/or Grade 12 math are eligible to take an admissions assessment test.
Learn more about how to book Pre-Admission Assessment Testing here.
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Whether you want to be a law clerk in a law office, a corporate legal department or a government agency, you’ll have the skills needed for a successful career. The demand for graduates has never been greater with students routinely securing full-time related employment upon graduation. The Law Clerk program embeds hands-on learning seamlessly into courses. Each student will complete a field placement that includes 245 hours of on-the-job training, and an optional co-op can add another 420 hours of invaluable experience.
The courses listed below are for incoming students. If you are a current student, please refer to your program of study for the year you began your program. Your program of study can be found on MyDC.
Courses, course descriptions and delivery formats are subject to change.
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Students will come to campus to complete in-person learning requirements. Detailed schedules, with course-specific delivery information, will be available after registration. Courses, course descriptions and delivery formats are subject to change.
Durham College’s (DC) Law Clerk program offers the right combination of classroom-based learning and work integrated learning through the field placement component. Students complete a 245-hour placement in the final 7 weeks of Year Two of the program, once all coursework has been completed. This is a seven-week condensed placement, with students working full-time hours (35 hours per week) for the duration of the placement.
Please visit our pathways page to learn more about how you can transfer your credits towards a degree.
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The best way to succeed in your field is to immerse yourself in it! Co-op is an excellent way to build your professional network, explore career paths and apply in-class teachings to real work situations. Co-op is a model of education that integrates academic learning with workplace learning in fields relevant to our students’ academic and personal goals.
Students in the Law Clerk Diploma program will be invited to apply to the co-op option during their first academic semester. Entrance to the co-op option is limited and the processes for securing a work term are competitive. Students enrolled in the co-op option are required to complete a four-month, paid work term between the second and third semesters of their program and will still complete the field placement in semester 4 as an additional work-integrated learning experience.
Supports are available through Experiential Learning to assist students with securing their work terms. In addition, Experiential Learning is in contact with co-op students and their employers during the work terms to help with any questions. Upon completing the work term, co-op students return to campus to complete their final two academic semesters of the program before graduating.
The co-op experience provides the opportunity for students to consolidate their professional knowledge and skills in a practice setting. The work term will provide students with work experience in a legal environment. The work term expands students’ learning environment to real work settings where they will be challenged to apply their academic knowledge and practical skills. Students will be assessed on performance and ability to demonstrate knowledge, skills, professional standards, and ethics.
Once transferred to the co-op option of this program, students will have a co-op administrative fee of $475 assessed to their accounts during the academic semester(s) prior to scheduled work term(s). The administrative fee goes to support the broad array of support services provided to co+-op students. These services are dedicated to support student success.
Find more information about the benefits of becoming a co-op student.
Find more information about the benefits of becoming a co-op employer.
E: co-op@durhamcollege.ca
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