Dear all,
I am a foreign qualified lawyer from an Asian civil law country. I have earned an LLM from a good UK university 3 years ago, received Canadian permanent residency and plan to move to Canada next year. I have 7 years working experience in consulting and legal businesses.
I have a few questions for those who work in the legal business or happen to know about this field.
1. Do you think I would be able/qualified to work for a law firm in Canada in a legal assistant position? I think that would be the highest I can aim when I first arrived.
2. I've seen a lot of job ads for legal assistant positions at law firms and they require a "secondary legal assistant certificate/diploma". I tried to look for courses in Canada to obtain that diploma but the info was so confusing. Do you think taking a legal assistant course would be worth it? Do you have any recommendations as for a college running such course in Toronto or Vancouver?
Thank you.
I am a foreign qualified lawyer from an Asian civil law country. I have earned an LLM from a good UK university 3 years ago, received Canadian permanent residency and plan to move to Canada next year. I have 7 years working experience in consulting and legal businesses.
I have a few questions for those who work in the legal business or happen to know about this field.
1. Do you think I would be able/qualified to work for a law firm in Canada in a legal assistant position? I think that would be the highest I can aim when I first arrived.
2. I've seen a lot of job ads for legal assistant positions at law firms and they require a "secondary legal assistant certificate/diploma". I tried to look for courses in Canada to obtain that diploma but the info was so confusing. Do you think taking a legal assistant course would be worth it? Do you have any recommendations as for a college running such course in Toronto or Vancouver?
Thank you.