Career move: legal administrative assistant

You’ve earned your administrative assistant certificate. Perhaps you’ve even spent a few years at a local company. You’ve got some great systems in place. Your files are in order, everyone’s calendars are up-to-date, the office is running smoothly. You’re really good at what you do. But is it time for something more?

VCC's five-month legal administrative assistant (LAA) program is open to candidates with previous office administrative assistant work experience or education. Courses provide skills in proper creation, editing, storage, and retrieval of legal documents specific to areas such as civil litigation, family law, corporate procedures, wills and estates, and conveyancing.

Our graduates are at work in firms across the city, including Fasken Martineau, Miller Thomson, and McCarthy Tetrault as well as at the Ministry of Justice and at several B.C. court registries.

Program fast facts:

• 92 per cent of LAA grads have jobs within 4 months.

• WorkBC predicts 2,300 new jobs for legal administrative assistants in the next eight years.

• The median wage for LAA's in B.C. is $23.25 per hour.

• VCC is one of only a few colleges that arranges practicums for LAA students. These two-week placements are included in the program timeframe and often lead to excellent references and jobs.

• There’s still time to apply! Program intakes occur every February and September.
  
  

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