- Diploma
- 24 months
College Diploma - Legal Assistant
Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT) · Calgary, Canada
Tuition
CA$15,771
Application fee: CA$179.38
Submit by October 30, 2026 · 10 days left · starts January 1, 2027
Ask about this course- Length
- 24 months
- Starts
- January 1, 2027
- IELTS
- 6 overall
- Post-study work
- Not available, as published
- Taught in
- English
- Application fee
- CA$179.38
- Cost of living (annual)
- CA$23,448
Overview
Through the Legal Assistant diploma at Southern Alberta Institute Technology, students can discover how to be an integral part of a legal practice with highly specialized legal administrative skills.
In this practical two-year diploma, students instructors are lawyers and former legal assistants who show them how to assist their lawyer with important tasks on various files.
In students substantive courses, they master relevant terminology for corporate law, real estate law, family law, criminal law and more. Students practice legal assistant tasks such as preparing a separation agreement, a criminal law file and a corporate minute book.
In students capstone course, they simulate a real law office to integrate all their legal assistant knowledge. At the end of the program, students demonstrate their professionalism and expertise to potential employers in their one month practicum placement.
Students graduate as a skilled legal assistant and highly employable in law firms and the court system.
Entry requirements
As the university states them. Whether you meet them depends on your own results — ask us and a consultant will check with you.
- English
- PTE: 53 overall or above
- IELTS: 6 overall or above
- TOEFL: 80 overall or above
- Duolingo: 115 overall or above
- Prior study
- Secondary school
Fees and living costs
- Tuition
- CA$15,771
- Application fee
- CA$179.38
- Cost of living (annual)
- CA$23,448
Published as Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT) publishes it, through ApplyBoard, and not checked by Go Study — ask us and a consultant will confirm any of it with the school.
Intakes
January 1, 2027
Starts January 1, 2027 · apply by October 30, 2026
Applications opened December 1, 2025
September 1, 2027
Starts September 1, 2027 · apply by September 1, 2027
Applications opened July 30, 2026
January 1, 2028
Starts January 1, 2028 · apply by January 1, 2028
not confirmed by the school
September 1, 2028
Starts September 1, 2028 · apply by May 23, 2028
not confirmed by the school
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