LGL 430 - PLG Capstone II: Adv Civil Lit

Institution:

Peirce College

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Description:

A grade of C or above is required in this course.Prerequisites: All required LGL courses with the exception of LGL 440Providing a classroom simulation of a law office, this course will offer students hands-on experience with many of the practical and professional activities in which civil litigation paralegals typically engage. In addition to individual projects, students will be divided into plaintiff and defendant teams and work together on certain projects, simulating team projects in a law office. Students will conduct a client interview, draft legal memoranda, and draft and analyze pleadings, discovery documents, and motions.Inaddition, students will examine regulation trends and the NALA and NFPA paralegal certification exams and procedure, and will examine the testing techniques for the civil litigation portion of those exams. This course will give students an opportunity to review and enhance many of legal concepts and skills encountered previously in their paralegal program, emphasizing the practical aspects of legal research, legal writing, and civil litigation.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.peirce.edu

Phone Number:

(888) 467-3472

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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