Legal Administrative Assistant Certificate (ABT*)
(*Applied Business Technology)
• Full-time and part-time • Start
Highly recommended:
date varies • Fees: Contact campus
To successfully complete the Legal
for details • Duration varies •
Administrative Assistant Certificate,
Online through CNC Mackenzie
you’ll need skills in filing, bookkeeping,
human relations, and office procedures.
If you don’t have strong skills in these
Careers
areas, we recommend that you take the
Become an important member of the
following courses before entering the
legal team. Perform valuable adminis-
program.
trative and support tasks to ensure law
• ABTC 075 Human Relations, or
firms function efficiently. The Legal
ABTH 070 Human Relations.
Administrative Assistant Certificate will
• ABTC 080 Business Math and
give you the skills and knowledge you
Calculator Skills, or ABTB 073
need for entry-level employment in any
Financial Records, or equivalent.
legal, notary or government office team
dealing in civil, corporate, family, or
• ABTC 090 Administrative
probate law or in conveyancing.
Procedures, or ABTP 078 Office
Simulations in the Electronic Office,
or equivalent
Admission requirements
• ABTC 091 Records Management, or
Applicants who have completed CNC’s
ABTP 072 Office Procedures, or
Administrative Assistant or Office
equivalent.
Assistant Certificate meet the admission
requirements for this program.
Program outline
Applicants without a certificate will
need to complete the following pre-
ABTL 010
Introduction to the
requisites:
Canadian Legal System
ABTL 020
Legal Office Procedures
• ABTC 050 Online Learner Success,
ABTL 030
Litigation Procedures I
or equivalent.
ABTL 040
Litigation Procedures II
• ABTC 060 Computers and the Inter-
ABTL 050
Family Litigation
net, or ABTW 073 Microcomputers
Procedures
I, or equivalent.
ABTL 060
Corporate Procedures I
• ABTC 066 Keyboarding II or equiv-
ABTL 065
Corporate Procedures II
alent, or a keyboarding speed of 45
ABTL 070
Conveyancing
net words per minute.
Procedures I
ABTL 080
Conveyancing
• ABTC 070 Word Processing I, or
Procedures II
equivalent and ABTC 071 Word Pro-
ABTL 090
Wills and Estates
cessing II, or ABTW 043 Word Pro-
cessing/Document Produciton Levels
Revised: 11.08.02
I, II, III (covers Word Processing I
and II), or equivalent.
• ABTC 085 Business English, or
ABTE 074 Business Communica -
tions I, or equivalent.
Applicants with Applied Business Tech-
nology or Office Administration Certifi-
cates from other institutions must con-
tact the College of New Caledonia at
1-877-997-4333.
2011-12 CNC program guide and course calendar
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