This course introduces students to the core concepts of communication. Students will cultivate an awareness of these concepts by analyzing how they are used in a variety of texts and contexts, and they will apply these concepts strategically in their own writing. Through a variety of writing tasks centred on these core concepts of communication, students will develop the transferrable reading and writing skills essential for success in their post-secondary studies, workplaces, and communities.

This course introduces students to important elements of the Canadian legal system. Topics include an introduction to the nature of law, the sources of law, the legal system, the court system, the legal profession, the Canadian Constitution, the Charter of Rights, human rights legislation, and methods of analysis.

Students are introduced to the legal office environment including legal terminology, areas of law, professional organizations, law office accounting and records management. Students learn how to prepare legal correspondence and legal documents common to many areas of law such as Powers of Attorney, Statutory Declarations and Affidavits. Students also learn how to prepare accounts, trust ledger statements and dockets manually and by using PC Law. Students must obtain an average net keyboarding speed of 50 wpm on three five-minute timed writings to graduate from the Seneca Law Clerk Diploma program.

Students are introduced to the legal document production process through the use of advanced Microsoft Word and produce a variety of legal documents in a number of legal areas including creating jurats for Affidavits of Service, Statutory Declarations, Factums, and a Motion Record. Students are also introduced to the various advanced functions of PC Law.

This course introduces students to the various types of business organizations including sole proprietorships and corporations. It examines the process of incorporation, the changes to corporate structure and the roles of directors, officers and shareholders of a corporation.

Family Law I is the first of two sequential family law courses which integrate substantive law and theory with practical skills that law clerks require in a family law practice. The course examines divorce, support, custody, access, court procedures and the preparation of relevant family law documents.

This course is a continuation of LXD 211, Litigation I, examining procedural rules, proceedings, processes and documents from discovery through to trial in the Superior Court. In addition, this course examines special procedures including the commercial list, simplified procedure, Toronto Case Management and mandatory mediation, and commencement of appeals.

This course continues the legal document production process through the use of Word for Windows, stored document/disk packages, and dedicated legal software: Summation (Automated Civil Litigation), Fast Company and Divorcemate.

In this course students are taken through the steps of a standard residential real estate transaction from receipt of the agreement of purchase and sale through closing and post-closing. Students learn the additional procedures involved in the purchase of a new home, the purchase of a condominium, and the purchase of a cottage property. Students also learn about the procedures involved in the sale of a property under power of sale and are introduced to landlord and tenant law.

This course is a study of the laws and procedures concerning the drafting of wills, powers of attorney and estate administration in Ontario. The first part of this course concentrates on the laws relating to testacy and intestacy and basic will drafting. The remainder of the course examines aspects of estate administration including administration prior to obtaining a certificate, estate certificates, asset administration, passing of accounts, income tax returns and powers of attorney.

This course provides students with an introduction to legal research and basic techniques of good legal writing. Students develop the skills necessary to analyze simple legal problems and to research basic legal questions. Students learn how to find and update primary sources of law using both paper and computerized sources. Students learn how to read, interpret and apply statutes, regulations and cases. Emphasis is placed on Ontario and federal law.

An introduction to debt collection procedures including commencement of proceedings, obtaining default judgment, enforcing judgments and orders, Small Claims Court actions, and documenting debt settlements.

Students spend 10 business days acquiring learning skills in a legal setting and must work under the supervision of a licensed lawyer. Students must find their own placement opportunity and have this approved by the field placement coordinator before registering for the course.

Students spend an additional 10 business days refining and acquiring further learning skills in a legal setting and must work under the supervision of a licensed lawyer. Students must find their own placement opportunity and have this approved by the field placement coordinator before registering for the course.