Are your students interested in a career in law? This webinar will cover what paralegals and law clerks do, recent changes in paralegals’ scope of practice and the training required to enter this exciting profession.
Speaker: Linda Pasternak, B.A., B.Ed., M.Ed., J.D, Paralegal Program Coordinator/Professor, Seneca College
0:00 - Beginning of webinar
1:37 - Land acknowledgement
3:12 - Introduction
5:37 - Paralegal accreditation
8:58 - Becoming a paralegal
11:12 - What paralegals do
13:02 - Oral advocacy
13:57 - Scope of practice
15:21 - Tribunals and agencies
18:04 - Criminal matters
21:01 - Immigration
22:41 - Employment law
24:20 - What can’t paralegals do
26:07 - Outside of Ontario
30:55 - Independent paralegals
33:48 - Law clerk program
38:48 - Justice administration program
45:27 - Recommending programs for students
46:34 - Legal office administration
49:08 - Alternative dispute resolution
51:57 - Suggestions for the fear of public speaking
55:06 - Professional development
56:10 - Alternative careers besides practicing
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OJEN offers special thanks to the Law Foundation of Ontario, whose funding made this webinar series and so many other crucial projects possible.
3 окт 2024
