Diploma in Techniques juridiques at Collège de Valleyfield in Québec, 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 is a three-year, full-time technical DEC at the main Salaberry-de-Valleyfield campus, with fall and winter intakes. The page describes the program as developing knowledge across different areas of law, so that graduates as legal technicians or bailiffs can assist legal professionals in preparing and processing case files. Typical workplaces named on the page include law and notary firms, municipal courts, courthouses, corporate legal (contentieux) departments, and parapublic administrative bodies or government ministries. The college states that spaces are reserved on campus for students in the program to practise and become familiar with facilities common to the legal field. A key structural feature is a set of DEC-BAC bridging agreements with the law faculties of Université Laval, Université de Sherbrooke, Université de Montréal, Université d'Ottawa, and the Université du Québec en Outaouais (UQO), allowing credit toward a subsequent law degree. The page also highlights the campus's proximity to the law offices, notaries, and the Palais de justice of Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, and a computerized study room reserved for students in the program. It suits students interested in legal support careers or planning to continue toward university studies in law.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Le programme Techniques juridiques exige un diplôme d'études secondaires (DES) plus le préalable Mathématiques CST de 4e secondaire, selon la page du programme, qui ajoute qu'un préalable supplémentaire peut être exigé au cas par cas. Ce préalable s'ajoute à la base académique générale du Cégep de Valleyfield (DES, ou DEP avec réussite du français, de l'anglais de secondaire 5 et des mathématiques de secondaire 4, ou équivalence reconnue). Aucun score de test de langue anglaise ou française n'est publié pour ce programme francophone, et la page ne mentionne ni entrevue ni portfolio. La page précise qu'à l'hiver 2026, le programme ne sera ouvert qu'aux personnes ayant déjà réussi une session de ce programme au Cégep de Valleyfield ; l'admission de nouveaux étudiants se fait donc surtout à la session d'automne, via SRAM.
Application Details
Start Date:Automne et hiver (hiver 2026 réservé aux personnes ayant déjà réussi une session de ce programme au Cégep)
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants apply through SRAM: the college's most recently published Fall cycle (Fall 2026) opened 13 January 2026 with a first-round deadline of 1 March 2026, 23:59, and the same 1 March pattern is expected to recur for Fall 2027; Winter 2027 entry opens mid-September 2026 with a first-round deadline of 1 November 2026, 23:59. Valleyfield publishes no fixed international application dates: for the 2026-2027 and 2027-2028 cycles it accepts only international applicants already living in Quebec who completed part of their secondary or vocational studies there, so the general SRAM international calendar does not apply. Admission for domestic applicants is not rolling beyond SRAM's rounds. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
