Ontario Graduate Certificate in Paralegal

Humber’s Paralegal graduate certificate program prepares you for an exciting career in the legal field. You will gain skills in legal research, oral and written advocacy, critical thinking, and problem solving through a case-based and problem-based learning environment. You will develop your oral advocacy skills through active learning including presentations and mock trials.Courses include tort and contract law, residential landlord and tenant law, employment law, small claims court, provincial offences and summary convictions, and administrative tribunal law and procedures. Studies in legal accounting, business planning and entrepreneurship, as well as ethics help prepare you to set up and manage your own paralegal professional practice.This program prepares you for a career where you will primarily be involved in representing clients, using your advocacy skills at courts and tribunals.

To be eligible for admission, you must possess the following:A bachelor’s degree, advanced diploma, diploma, or equivalent