The Business School program will provide you with the opportunity to acquire the necessary skills to practice and succeed in this field. During your time in the program, you'll attend a wide variety of Law Clerk courses in conjunction with legal software courses, which will fully prepare you for employment in the legal profession in just two years.

A unique feature of this business diploma program will be a final-semester four-day-per-week work placement. Through this opportunity, you'll gain invaluable work experience and apply your knowledge to real-life legal situations.

As a Law Clerk graduate, you may also be eligible to apply to Centennial's one-year graduate certificate program in Paralegal studies or take advantage of the College's partnership with the University of Leicester's Law School in the U.K.

Program Highlights

• Emphasis is placed on practical, career-oriented assignments.
• Faculty members are lawyers and other legal professionals.
• The work placement component consists of work in a law, corporate or government office for a 14-week period.
• The work placement is organized and supervised by the program's faculty.
• The diploma with which you graduate reflects high standards of learning.
• Once you successfully complete the Law Clerk program, you will have the opportunity to enter the one-year Paralegal graduate certificate program at Centennial College's The Business School.
• Graduates of this program who wish to build on their foundation in law can also apply to Centennial's graduate Paralegal program or take advantage of our partnership with University of Leicester School of Law in the U.K.

Career Outlook

• Law clerk
• Lawyer's assistant
• Client interviewer
• Trial assistant
• Legal researcher
• Pathway to Paralegal program

Education Pathways

Qualified graduates of this Law Clerk program may be eligible to participate in a pathway with partner universities. These partnerships will allow them to apply academic credit toward further study