Law Clerk

Articling law students, lawyers in training at times, (sometimes also paralegals or legal assistants and other workers in related professions and legal settings wanting to become practitioners of law), can all work as law clerks.

They prepare legal documents, maintain records and files and conduct research to assist lawyers or other professionals. Notaries publicly administer oaths, take affidavits, sign legal documents and perform other activities according to the limitations of their appointment. Trademark agents advise clients on intellectual property matters.

Independent paralegals provide legal services to the public as allowed by government legislation, or provide paralegal services on contract to law firms or other establishments. Legal assistants and paralegals, law clerks are employed by law firms, by record search companies and in legal departments throughout the public and private sectors.

Independent paralegals are usually self-employed. Trademark agents are employed by law firms and legal departments throughout the public and private sectors, trademark development and search firms or they may be self-employed. Notaries public are employed by government and in the public and private sectors or they may be self-employed.

Law clerks, legal assistants and paralegals in law firms, or in other establishments, perform some or all of the following duties:

• Assist lawyers by interviewing clients, witnesses and other related parties, assembling documentary evidence, preparing trial briefs, and arranging for trials
• Prepare wills, real estate transactions and other legal documents, court reports and affidavits
• Research records, court files and other legal documents
• Draft legal correspondence and perform general office and clerical duties.
• Notaries public perform some or all of the following duties:
• Administer oaths and take affidavits and depositions
• Witness and certify the validity of signatures on documents
• May draft contracts, prepare promissory notes and draw up wills, mortgages and other legal documents
• May arrange probates and administer the estates of deceased persons.

As a specialization within this profession trademark agents perform some or all of the following duties:

• Advise clients on intellectual property matters and represent clients before the Registrar of Trade-Marks on matters including prosecution of applications for registration of trademarks
• Advise on compliant registration of trademarks, trademark licensing requirements, transfer of intellectual property and protection of existing trademark rights
• Represent clients at proceedings before the Trade Marks Opposition Board and in related proceedings
• May represent clients internationally in consultation with foreign associates and attorneys.
• Independent paralegals perform some or all of the following duties:
• Represent clients in small claims court and in other lower court proceedings, at tribunals and before administrative bodies
• Advise clients and take legal action on landlord and tenant matters, traffic violations, name changes and other issues within their jurisdictions.

Employment is expected to be of average growth and a Bachelor's degree is required.

Legal assistants and paralegals in law firms require a bachelor's degree in law or a college diploma in a legal assistant or law clerk program in-house training from a law firm or other legal establishment.

Independent paralegals require knowledge of legal principles and procedures usually obtained through industry-sponsored courses and through experience, or on completion of a community college paralegal program. Public Notaries (as specialist law practitioners), are appointed after examination and certification of their qualifications by the governing judiciary in their province or territory. All appointments have specific limitations on the activities they can perform and for specific periods of time. Public Notaries require licensing. To be licensed, trademark agents are required to work in the area of trademark law, including the preparation and prosecution of trademark applications for registration, for two years and to complete a specialist examination (In Canada for example, conducted jointly by the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada and the Registrar of Trade- Marks, Canadian Intellectual Property Office) or either one of the above and to be a lawyer entitled to practice in Canada. Trademark agents require registration with the federal Trade-Mark Office. Notaries public usually receive in-house training and perform their duties in rural or remote areas or in the business offices in which they are employed.

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