该小组履行以下部分或全部职责：

律师助理

• 协助律师采访客户、证人和其他相关方，收集书面证据，准备庭审摘要，安排庭审
• 协助律师准备调解和司法争议解决
• 在律师的监督下，准备遗嘱、房地产交易等法律文件、法庭报告和宣誓书
• 研究记录、法庭文件和其他法律文件
• 起草法律信件并履行一般办公室和文书职责。

独立律师助理

• 在小额索赔法庭和其他下级法院诉讼程序、法庭和行政机构代表客户
• 在其管辖范围内就房东和租户事务、交通违规、更名和其他问题向客户提供建议并采取法律行动。

太平绅士

• 发出传票、传票和搜查令，包括搜查令
• 接收宣誓书、声明和确认书
• 宣誓
• 举行保释听证会
• 根据法官的命令释放被告并解释权利和义务
• 在审判中听取关于简易定罪罪行的证据，并可根据司法管辖区首席法官的自由裁量权或根据联邦、省或地区法规的规定主持刑事犯罪审判
• 执行公证婚姻
• 登记遗嘱、遗嘱认证、破产等。

公证人

• 宣誓并进行宣誓和证词
• 见证并证明文件上签名的有效性
• 可以起草合同、准备期票和起草遗嘱、抵押贷款和其他法律文件
• 可以安排遗嘱认证和管理死者的遗产。

商标代理

• 就知识产权事宜向客户提供建议，并在商标注册处处长代表客户处理包括商标注册申请起诉在内的事宜
• 就商标的可注册性、商标许可要求、知识产权的转让和现有商标权的保护提供咨询
• 在商标异议委员会和相关程序中代表客户
• 可以代表国际客户与外国同事和律师协商。

• 律师事务所的律师助理需要法律学士学位或法学院文凭以及律师事务所或其他法律机构的内部培训。
• 独立的律师助理需要法律原则和程序的知识，这些知识通常是通过行业赞助的课程和经验获得的，或者是通过完成社区大学的律师助理计划获得的。
• 律师助理需要执照才能执行高级法律服务。
• 治安法官的要求可能因法律和司法系统背景、完成司法登记员、治安法官或其他法院培训计划而异，具体取决于他们的职责和责任。
• 各省的治安法官由副州长会同理事会任命，而在领地，则由联邦任命的领地专员任命。
• 公证人通常需要法律或相关领域的大学学位。
• 公证人是在其所在省或地区的管辖司法机构对其资格进行审查和认证后任命的。所有任命对其可以执行的活动和特定时间段都有特定限制。
• 公证人需要省级执照。在不列颠哥伦比亚省，还需要成为公证人协会的会员。
• 要获得许可，商标代理人必须在商标法领域工作两年，包括准备和处理商标注册申请，并成功完成由加拿大知识产权局和商标注册处处长联合举办的考试商标，加拿大知识产权局或上述任一机构，并且是有权在加拿大执业的律师。
• 商标代理人需要在联邦商标局注册。

• 公证人通常接受内部培训，并在农村或偏远地区或他们受雇的营业所履行职责。
• 治安法官的职责和责任根据其权力级别的不同而有很大差异。他们可能在小社区以按服务收费的方式兼职。他们的职责范围从执行公证婚姻、接收宣誓书和类似文件，到根据省/地区和联邦法律主持法庭审理和决定起诉。

• 文章法学生；魁北克公证人；商标律师（在41101 Lawyers and Quebec notaries中）
• 法律行政助理（13111）
• 专利代理人（在41400 自然科学和应用科学政策研究人员、顾问和项目官员中）

This group performs some or all of the following duties:

Paralegals

• Assist lawyers by interviewing clients, witnesses and other related parties, assembling documentary evidence, preparing trial briefs, and arranging for trials
• Assist lawyers in preparation for mediation and judicial dispute resolutions
• Under the supervision of a lawyer, 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.

Independent paralegals

• 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.

Justices of the peace

• Issue subpoenas, summonses and warrants, including search warrants
• Receive affidavits, declarations and affirmations
• Administer oaths
• Conduct bail hearings
• Release defendants on judges' orders and explain rights and obligations
• Hear evidence at trials on summary conviction offences and may preside over trials of criminal offences at the discretion of the chief judge of the jurisdiction or as provided for in federal, provincial or territorial statutes
• Perform civil marriages
• Register wills, probate, bankruptcy, etc.

Notaries public

• 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.

Trademark agents

• 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 the registrability 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.

• Paralegals in law firms require a bachelor's degree in law or a law college diploma and 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 through completion of a community college paralegal program.
• Paralegals require a licence to perform advanced legal services.
• Justices of the peace requirements can vary from a background in law and the justice system, completion of a justice registrar, justice of the peace or other court training program depending on their duties and responsibilities.
• Justices of the peace in the provinces are appointed by the lieutenant governor in council and, in the territories, by federally appointed territorial commissioners.
• Notaries public usually require a university degree in law or a related field.
• Notaries public 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.
• Notaries public require a provincial licence. In British Columbia, membership in the Society of Notaries Public is also required.
• 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 successfully complete the examination 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 practise 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.
• The duties and responsibilities of justices of the peace vary significantly depending on the level of their authority. They may be employed part-time on a fee-for-service basis in small communities. Their duties range from performing civil marriages, receiving affidavits and similar documents, to presiding in courts and hearing and determining prosecutions under provincial/territorial and federal laws.

• Articling law student; Quebec notary; trademark lawyer (in 41101 Lawyers and Quebec notaries)
• Legal administrative assistants (13111)
• Patent agent (in 41400 Natural and applied science policy researchers, consultants and program officers)