Paralegal Certificate is a certificate in Legal Studies programme taught at Capilano University in North Vancouver, Canada. The programme runs for 3 years, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition for international students is CAD 23,410 per total (CAD 6,200 per total for local students).
At a glance
Degree:Certificate
Field:Legal Studies
Duration: 3 years
Delivery: On Campus
Language: English
Local tuition: CAD 6,200 / total
International tuition: CAD 23,410 / total
Information for the 2027/28 academic year · Last reviewed September 2026 ·
Program details
Overview
The Paralegal Certificate is offered to individuals who wish to study part time and who are already working full-time in the legal field as an LAA or Paralegal. Students primarily study substantive law and legal skills courses while gaining their procedural law skills on the job. Some procedural law courses, including courses dealing with litigation procedures, are available as electives. You can begin your studies either in the fall term in September, the spring term in January or the summer term in May.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Domestic entry requires BC secondary school graduation (Grade 12) plus an English requirement specific to this programme: English 100-level or higher at B- or better, CMNS 159 at B+ or better, an LPI exam score of level 5 or higher, or CAEL 70 or higher — Capilano's School of Legal Studies notes that the English Diagnostic Test is not accepted here in place of CAEL. Applicants must also meet one of: graduation from a Capilano Legal Administrative Assistant program at a B+ average or better (or an equivalent LAA elsewhere plus one year of legal administrative work experience); two years of legal administrative work experience; or relevant life or work experience, with some limitations. A resume and a letter from the applicant's employer confirming current full-time legal employment are required.
Application Details
Start Date:Fall, Spring and Summer
Application Deadline:Domestic and international applicants both apply through EducationPlannerBC: the domestic application fee is $50 CAD and the international fee is $135 CAD, each covering up to two programmes. Capilano University publishes no university-wide application-opening or closing date for either group for the 2026-27 cycle; its how-to-apply pages instruct applicants to check the application and document deadlines on their chosen programme's own page, since every programme sets its own intake window there. Admission is effectively rolling at the institution level, governed programme by programme, with some programmes (for example the Health Care Assistant Certificate) publishing a fixed intake window that opens and closes months ahead of the start date. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
