Secretarial Studies Legal

Code	5873
Diploma	AVS
Sector	Administration, Commerce and Computer Technology
Length of training	450 hours
Approximate duration in months	5 months
Number of credits	30
Status	Program approved in 2021

This program is offered in French:
5373 - Secrétariat juridique

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Program Objectives

The program of study, Secretarial Studies Legal, is designed to train students to exercise the profession of legal secretary.

Legal secretaries assist legal professionals, particularly with customer service, relationships with stakeholders, deadlines, managing schedules, transcription, drafting, layout, and revision of pleadings, notarial deeds, government forms, and other legal documents. They perform administrative and general secretarial tasks in a legal environment.

These individuals work in various legal environments, be it public, para-public, and private, including government ministries, courthouses, legal departments, litigation departments, law firms, notary offices, and bailiff offices.

Program Content

Code	Statement of Competency	Hours	Credits
944-232	Carry out activities relating to the preparation of civil pleadings	30	2
948-201	Determine their suitability for the occupation and the training process	15	1
948-212	Use legal terms and technical vocabulary	30	2
948-222	Produce business law forms and documents	30	2
948-244	Prepare contentious pleadings	60	4
948-252	Prepare applications in the course of proceeding, requests for setting down and applications for execution	30	2
948-261	Interact in a legal context	15	1
948-275	Produce notarial practice files	75	5
948-282	Prepare civil pleadings in contentious family matters	30	2
948-292	Prepare non-contentious applications	30	2
948-307	Enter the workforce	105	7
		450	30

Admission Conditions and Prerequisites

Persons who hold a DVS:
5857 Secretarial Studies
OR 5712 Secretarial Studies
OR 5755 Secretarial Studies (Inuktitut)
OR 5677 Secretarial Studies
OR 5637 Secretarial Studies
OR 5578 Secretarial Studies (Kativik)
OR 1913 Secretarial Studies
OR 1835 Office Specialist
OR 5357 Secrétariat
OR 5212 Secrétariat
OR 5255 Secrétariat (Inuktitut)
OR 5177 Secrétariat (Inuktitut)
OR 5137 Secrétariat
OR 5078 Secrétariat (Kativik)
OR 1413 Secrétariat
OR 1335 Travail de bureau (agent, agente de bureau)
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Have been granted recognition of equivalent learning.
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Persons practising an occupation related to the program of study.

Functional Prerequisites

Please note that the functional prerequisites do not apply to attestation of vocational specialty programs (AVS).

Specific Prerequisites

Language of instruction		Second language		Mathematics
Adults	Youth	Adults	Youth	Adults	Youth
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Estrie

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Collège Supérieur de Sherbrooke

Vocational Training Centre	Group	Status	D/E	Start Date
Collège Supérieur de Sherbrooke	—	—	—	—

Montréal

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English-Montréal SB

Vocational Training Centre	Group	Status	D/E	Start Date
St. Pius X Career Centre / Centre de carrières St. Pius X	D3125		D	Apr. 14th, 2025

Legal Secretary

Legal secretaries, also known as administrative assistants, answer calls and greet clients, schedule and confirm appointments with notaries and lawyers, and file confidential documents. They take notes, draft minutes, and prepare legal documents (deeds, contracts, letters, sills, leases, adoptions, etc.). It is a stimulating job that requires honesty, discretion, and methodical work. An office job as a legal secretary requires communicating verbally and in writing in French and sometimes in English.