Diploma in Legal Assistant

Discover how to be an integral part of legal practice with highly specialized legal administrative skills.

In this practical two-year diploma, your instructors are lawyers and former legal assistants who show you how to assist your lawyer with important tasks on various files.

Using industry software, you develop accurate keyboarding and transcription skills and adapt your strong command of English spelling and grammar to effectively prepare various legal documents.

In your substantive courses, you master relevant terminology for corporate law, real estate law, family law, criminal law and more. You practice legal assistant tasks such as preparing a separation agreement, a criminal law file and a corporate minute book.

In your capstone course, you simulate a real law office to integrate all your legal assistant knowledge. At the end of the program, you demonstrate your professionalism and expertise to potential employers in your one-month practicum placement.

You graduate as a skilled legal assistant and are highly employable in law firms and the court system.

Fast Facts

• Two-year diploma
• Fall start
• Laptop-based program using SAIT-issued laptops
• Includes a four-week unpaid practicum placement
• A limited number of courses available through Continuing Education

Credentials and accreditation

Upon successful completion of the program, graduates will receive a SAIT Legal Assistant diploma.

Transfer Options

The opportunity to advance your education through transfer to, within or from SAIT is available with the following universities and colleges:

• Athabasca University
• Royal Roads University
• University of Lethbridge
• University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT)

The Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT) is built on passion — shared by our students, faculty, and staff — to shape new worlds as entrepreneurs, leaders and community builders.

Shape your world

Established in 1916, SAIT in Calgary, Canada is a global leader in applied education and offers 100+ career programs, 1,300+ continuing education courses and corporate training courses to more than 200 companies annually.

SAIT students study within eight academic schools — Business, Construction, Energy, Health and Public Safety, Hospitality and Tourism, Information and Communications Technologies, Manufacturing and Automation and Transportation.

Hands-on learning in unique labs and classrooms, solution-focused research and enterprising collaborations with industry partners ensure SAIT students are career-ready when they graduate.

SAIT Schools

SAIT prepares you for your career by offering programs through our eight schools — all focusing on a different field. Within each school, instructors bring their industry expertise to students who learn through a combination of theory and action-based learning.

Our schools are equipped with state-of-the-art labs, allowing you to get hands-on experience using real-world equipment to train you for a career in your chosen field.

Vision Statement

To be a global leader in applied education.

We believe in:

• Excellence as demonstrated by fresh thinking, best practices, entrepreneurial initiatives, bold solutions to new opportunities and fiscal responsibility.
• Collaboration and we work together as a learning community to serve our students and partners.
• Fairness modeled by honest and ethical dealings in our relationships with students, employees, and partners.

Alumni

As a SAIT graduate, you belong to a proud community of SAIT alumni ― You are a member of the SAIT Alumni Family, a network of more than 247,000 graduates around the world.

Enjoy access to exclusive perks, events, contests, and unique volunteer opportunities. We invite you to stay connected.

Alumni Perks

As a member of the SAIT Alumni Family, we're proud to provide you with many exclusive benefits and services.

Graduating from SAIT means you are a lifelong member of an exclusive club associated with Canada's premier polytechnic. You're connected to a network of over 248,000 highly-skilled professionals across Canada and around the world.

Benefits and services for SAIT graduates

As a member of the SAIT Alumni Family, we're proud to provide you with many exclusive benefits and services, including:

• Preferred rates on home, auto, and life insurance
• SAIT Career Advancement Centre services
• Discounted fitness membership at SAIT
• Alumni publications
• Alumni contests
• Other campus services

Awards

• Alberta's Top 70 Employers
• Top 50 Research Colleges in Canada
• Canada's 10 Most Admired Corporate Cultures
• Alberta's Best Workplace for Training and Development
• Alberta's Best Workplace for Employee Benefits
• Premier's Award for Healthy Workplaces

Winter 21 International Student Entrance Award

Award Value(s): $2,000 each this is a one time award, total value $34,000

Criteria Selection:

• For an International student entering their program in the Winter 2021 term
• Eligible students must be studying in-person on one of SAIT’s Calgary campuses
• Financial need
• Please describe how you will improve the SAIT Student Community as a whole in 250-350 words
• Preference given to students attending SAIT who come from previously identified emerging markets

Application Process:

• Apply on-line thorugh your Mysait.ca account
• Deadline for students to apply: December 15, 2020

Selection Process:

• The department will score the student award nominees based on specific criteria
• SAIT’s Alumni and Development personnel will determine the award recipient based on all criteria components