Co-operative education (co-op)
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.
Program sequence
SEPTEMBER INTAKE:
|
Fall
(September to December) |
Winter
(January to April) |
Summer
(May to August) |
| Year 1 |
Academic semester 1 |
Academic semester 2 |
Co-op work term 1 |
| Year 2 |
Academic semester 3 |
Academic semester 4 |
|
Courses
CO-OP OPTION
SEMESTER 1
- Automated Law Office Procedures 1
- Canadian Law and Courts
- Contracts and Torts 1
- Ethics and Professional Responsibility
- Legal Research
- First Nations, Métis, and Inuit (FNMI) General Education Elective
- Communications Foundations
SEMESTER 2
- Civil Litigation 1
- Wills and Estates 1
- Contracts and Torts 2
- Real Estate Law 1
- Corporate and Commercial Law 1
- Legal Career Preparation
- Co-op and Career Preparation
CO-OP WORK TERM
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.
SEMESTER 3
- Civil Litigation 2
- Wills and Estates 2
- Automated Law Office Procedures 2
- Real Estate Law 2
- Corporate and Commercial Law 2
- Family Law
- General Education Elective
SEMESTER 4
- Law Office Communications
- Administrative Law
- Legal Specializations
- General Education Elective
- Field Placement (7 weeks condensed)
Courses, course descriptions and delivery formats are subject to change.
Co-op administrative fee
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.
Learn more
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
The fees below are estimates only based on information available at the time of publication, and do not include the cost of textbooks. There may be additional costs; however, not all courses require textbooks.
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