Diploma in Law Clerk (Accelerated) (Flexible) is a diploma in Fire, Justice & Security programme offered by Seneca Polytechnic in Toronto, Canada. The programme runs for 2 semesters, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition for international students is CAD 7,699 per semester (CAD 1,359 per semester for local students).
This programme prepares students to work under a lawyer's supervision in a fast-paced legal setting, teaching legal principles and ethics alongside hands-on, practical training. The curriculum spans family, immigration and criminal law, real-estate practice, litigation, wills and estates, and corporate, commercial and intellectual property matters, plus personal injury work, with attention throughout to the technology skills used across these practice areas.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Applicants must first meet the standard Law Clerk (LCK) admission requirements, then show completed postsecondary study: an Ontario university or college degree or equivalent, an Ontario college diploma or equivalent, or at least two years of successfully completed postsecondary credits; high-school applicants or those without prior postsecondary study are directed instead to the standard Law Clerk (LCK) program. Applicants with credentials from outside Canada must submit a course-by-course credential assessment from a recognised agency such as WES or ICAS and demonstrate postsecondary English proficiency. Good keyboarding skills are described as essential to success in the program. Neither the accelerated program's page nor its admission-requirements page publishes a required IELTS, TOEFL or other language-test score, a minimum grade average, or Grade 11/12 subject prerequisites; per Seneca's institution-wide policy a formal English test is asked of domestic applicants only when prior study in English cannot otherwise be shown.
Application Details
Start Date:September and January
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants (Canadian citizens and permanent residents) apply through OntarioColleges.ca. For the September 2027 intake, OCAS opens for applications on 1 October 2026, the equal-consideration date is 1 February 2027, first offers go out from 1 November 2026, and the earliest confirmation deadline is 1 May 2027 with a CAD 200 deposit due the second Wednesday of June 2027. The January 2027 and May 2027 intakes opened on 1 October 2025 and carry no equal-consideration date, with earliest confirmation deadlines of 1 November 2025 and 1 March 2027. International applicants apply directly to Seneca, are assessed on a rolling basis with no fixed closing date, and are admitted up to the first day of classes or until a program fills, whichever comes first. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
