Diploma in Legal Studies

Learn about the administration of justice, business law, criminal law, criminal procedure and evidence, public law (including immigration and human rights law), constitutional law, and private law (torts, contracts, property) with the Diploma in Legal Studies program. Through this program, youll take legal studies courses in legal research skills, legal remedies, and the basic principles of legal reasoning. In keeping with the liberal arts basis of the program, youll also take elective courses that are not related to law studies. These courses will further develop and enhance your critical thinking, writing, research and presentation skills, competencies that are crucial to success in your future career.
With further education, the Legal Studies Diploma is a first step towards careers such as:
Court clerk/Supreme Court registry staff
Legal agents
Sheriff
Court reporter
Parole officer
Court translator
Lawyer
Paralegal
Notary
Policing
Corrections

High school graduation OR 19 years of age by the end of the first month of studies in the semester of entry to Douglas College.
Minimum overall grade average of 60% (or equivalent) in the final year of high school.
Minimum final grade of C or 60% (or equivalent) in Grade 11 Mathematics or equivalent for most programs

IELTS - Minimum overall score of 6.5, TOEFL IBT - Minimum overall score of 83, PTE - Minimum overall score of 56