Diploma in Techniques juridiques at Cégep de Sorel-Tracy in Sorel-Tracy, Canada is a diploma in Legal Studies programme. The programme runs for 3 years. Teaching is in French. Tuition for international students is CAD 15,150 per year (CAD 3,740 per year for local students).
Techniques juridiques (DEC 310.C0) is a technical program at Cégep de Sorel-Tracy that prepares students to work as legal technicians or bailiffs (huissiers de justice). The program combines general-education courses with in-depth legal knowledge and the practical skills used in legal workplaces, including legal research, analysis of legal documents, opening and following up case files, drafting judicial procedures, preparing files for trial, using legal-sector software, and understanding how the courts function. The college describes it as touching on multiple areas of law rather than a single specialization, and the program page notes that its curriculum is undergoing a local revision starting in fall 2026. It suits students with strong analytical and research skills, comfort working with legal databases and specialized software, and an interest in precise, procedure-driven work supporting legal professionals. Graduates are prepared for technical roles in law firms, notarial offices, courts, and other legal or judicial settings, working alongside lawyers, notaries and bailiffs rather than practising law independently.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: This programme page defers to Cégep de Sorel-Tracy's general college admission conditions: a Quebec DES or DEP with passes in Secondary V language of instruction, Secondary V second language, and Secondary IV mathematics. On top of that, this programme requires Secondary IV Mathématique Culture, société et technique, or the equivalent. Winter-session admission is open only to candidates who have already completed at least one session in this programme; other applicants are admitted for the Fall session. Applications are submitted through SRAM (admission.sram.qc.ca) as a regular candidate, with a non-refundable $30 fee. International applicants are admitted for the Fall session only and, unless they studied in French, in Quebec, in France, or at an accredited French lycée, must submit a French-proficiency test result — Bright Language, TCF tout public, DELF tout public (minimum level B2), DALF, or TEF — plus an $85 CAD SRAM application-analysis fee, by the 14 March deadline.
Application Details
Start Date:September (January admission limited to continuing students)
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants apply through SRAM (admission.sram.qc.ca): the college's page currently shows fall-intake rounds of 1 March, 22 April and 27 May 2026 (the cycle that has already started) and winter 2027 rounds of 1 November and 25 November 2026, with later applications assessed in successive rounds while seats remain; fall 2027 round dates were not yet published at the time of this check. International applicants apply through SRAM's international stream and must submit by 14 March for fall entry only, as the college does not offer winter intake to international students; SRAM does not publish a separate rolling window for these applicants beyond that fixed date. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
