Offered by Seneca Polytechnic in Toronto, Canada, Diploma in Law Clerk (Flexible) is a diploma in Fire, Justice & Security programme. The programme runs for 4 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 two-year legal paraprofessional programme builds the knowledge and skills to work alongside lawyers on cases in corporate, government or law-firm settings. Teaching centres on family law, wills and estates, litigation, and corporate and commercial law together with real estate matters. Learning extends beyond the classroom through speaking engagements, court visits, law-firm tours, workshops, a field placement and career-preparation events, building the technical skills, principles and ethics needed for practice.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Domestic admission requires an Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) or equivalent, or acceptance as a mature applicant, with English at the Grade 12 C or U level or an equivalent course as the stated subject prerequisite; Grade 12 mathematics and Grade 11 Canadian history are recommended but not required. Canadian citizens and permanent residents short of the English prerequisite may instead pass Seneca's pre-admission test, and the college directs applicants who do not meet subject requirements to upgrading options. Good keyboarding skills are described as essential to success in the program. International applicants must additionally meet Seneca's own published English-language requirement, with further documents or assessments requested where needed; neither this program's page nor its admission-requirements page states an IELTS, TOEFL or other numeric test score, or a minimum grade average. A mature-applicant pathway (19 by the first day of classes) is available, under which the OSSD is waived but the program's subject prerequisites still apply.
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.
