Diploma in Paralegal Technology is a diploma in Legal Studies programme offered by Cégep Garneau in Québec, Canada. The programme runs for 3 years. Tuition for international students is CAD 7,575 per semester (CAD 286 per semester for local students).
Paralegal Technology (Techniques juridiques, program code 310.C0) is a technical Diploma of Collegial Studies (DEC) offered by Cégep Garneau in Quebec City, completed over a regular six sessions or, for students who have already finished at least eight general education courses, an accelerated five-session track. The program trains legal technicians to interpret legislation and apply it to concrete situations, covering civil, penal and administrative procedure, family law, property transmission and consumer contract law, alongside practical skills in legal research using specialized databases, document drafting, file management and court-procedure preparation, and training in legal software, word processing and property or personal-rights registry systems. Teaching staff include practising notaries and lawyers. Students complete two work placements: a familiarization stage in the second year and a fifteen-week full-time capstone internship. The program suits students interested in supporting legal professionals rather than practising law, preparing graduates for roles in law firms, notary and bailiff offices, courthouse registries and government legal departments, with a possible pathway into university law programs.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Applicants must first meet Cégep Garneau's general collegial admission conditions: under Quebec's Règlement sur le régime des études collégiales, holding a Diplôme d'études secondaires (DES) from the youth or adult sector, or equivalent training recognized by the college, with conditional admission possible when at most six DES credits remain outstanding, completed in the applicant's first college semester. Techniques juridiques additionally requires the applicant to have passed Mathematics – CST from Secondary 4; entry to the accelerated five-session stream further requires the applicant to have already passed at least eight general-education courses, with school-record quality as the selection criterion for that stream. No French or English proficiency test score is published. About 150 students are admitted each fall, with selection based on the school record applied only if eligible applications exceed the places available.
Application Details
Start Date:Fall
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants apply through SRACQ (Service régional d'admission au collégial de Québec) for programmes starting in 2027: the Fall 2027 intake has a first-round deadline of 1 March 2027, with further rounds on 1 May, 1 June and 1 August 2027 filling remaining seats; the Winter 2027 intake closes its first round on 1 November 2026, then 1 December 2026 and 2 January 2027. International applicants outside France apply through SRACQ from 1 September 2026 and must complete their file by 1 February 2027 for Fall 2027 entry, after which no international candidate can be admitted; Winter entry is offered only to French citizens, who may apply until 1 May 2027 for Fall or between 15 May and 15 October 2027 for Winter 2028. Admission is not indefinitely rolling: each round carries a firm cut-off, though later rounds absorb whatever seats remain. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
