During this 36-week program, students will be guided through courses covering everything from Dictatyping to Corporate Law to Conveyancing. Near the end of the course, students will learn job search skills and complete a practicum, which has proven to be a contributing factor to the success of this program.

Previous graduates have found employment in a variety of offices, including law firms, court registries, government departments, and private corporations. BC Work Futures includes Legal Secretaries in the large Secretaries, Recorders, and Transcribers occupational group, and is forecasting 6,710 job openings within this group by 2008. The occupational group Paralegals and Related Occupations, which includes Legal Assistants, is predicted to have 1,950 job openings by 2008, due largely to retirements.