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Legal Administrative Assistant

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About the Program

Want a fast-paced career at the heart of the legal world? CDI College's Legal Administrative Assistant program at the Winnipeg campus makes you the legal team's backbone—trained across the practice areas Manitoba firms actually run.

What You'll Learn

Litigation support from initial pleadings through trial preparation, deadline management, and motions
Manitoba-specific procedures in family law, real estate transactions, and wills and estates
Legal office software including PC Law and Quicklaw, plus transcription systems
Corporate records, regulatory filings, and the deadline-tracking systems legal compliance depends on

Career Opportunities

Roles: Legal Administrative Assistant, Legal Secretary, Law Office Clerk in Winnipeg law firms, corporate legal departments, and government legal offices

Why it matters: Every Manitoba firm needs staff who know provincial procedure—training built on Manitoba family law and real estate documentation makes you productive from your first week, not your first year.

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*All student funding, whether made available privately or through various government branches, is only approved to those who qualify, by the original source of funding. There are many criteria that each candidate must meet to be approved. Schools can only inform you of what may be available.