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3.00 Credits
Units 3; Class Hours: Minimum of 48 lecture hours/semester; Recommended: Eligibility for READ 420 and ENGL 100; Prerequisite(s): LEGL 249. Description: Introduction to the basis of trial practice and civil litigation procedures. Students learn how to prepare pleadings and motions, complete discovery and fact investigations, identify pretrial considerations, preserve facts and prepare for trial, and complete post-trial motions and appeals. Transfer: CSU.
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Units (Grade Option) 3; Class Hours: Minimum of 48 lecture hours/ semester; Recommended: Eligibility for READ 420 and ENGL 100; Prerequisite(s): LEGL 249. Description: Examines the fundamental principles involved in the legal process of estate planning and probating an estate. The basic law of wills and the preparation of all pleadings and documents customarily used in planning and probating an estate are included also. Transfer: CSU.
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3.00 Credits
Units (Grade Option) 3; Class Hours: Minimum of 48 lecture hours/ semester; Recommended: Eligibility for READ 420 and ENGL 100; Prerequisite(s): Completion of, or concurrent enrollment in LEGL 249, or equivalent. Description: Student learns legal principles and practical matters on starting a family law case, dissolving marital status, the court process, child and spousal support, child custody and visitation, and the characterization and division of marital property. Students prepare several family law pleadings used in a family law case. Course is combined with lectures and projects. Transfer: CSU.
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3.00 Credits
Units (Grade Option) 3; Class Hours: Minimum of 48 lecture hours/ semester; Recommended: Eligibility for READ 420 and ENGL 100; Prerequisite(s): Completion of, or concurrent enrollment in LEGL 249. Description: Basic orientation to business organizations involving sole proprietorships and partnerships. Procedures followed for qualifying a foreign corporation in California are discussed as well. Transfer: CSU.
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3.00 Credits
Units (Grade Option) 3; Class Hours: Minimum of 48 lecture hours/ semester; Recommended: Eligibility for READ 420 and ENGL 100; Prerequisite(s): Completion of, or concurrent enrollment in LEGL 249. Description: In this course, emphasis is placed on the relationships between buyer and seller of real estate and between landlord and tenant. The role of the legal assistant in the analysis and solution of legal problems and in the preparation of documents is also discussed. Transfer: CSU.
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3.00 Credits
Units (Grade Option) 3; Class Hours: Minimum of 48 lecture hours/ semester; Recommended: Eligibility for READ 420 and ENGL 100; Prerequisite(s): Completion of, or concurrent enrollment in LEGL 249. Description: Overview of the bankruptcy court, administration of bankrupt estates by receivers and trustees, and the preparation of voluntary cases. Students learn to apply the analytical skills needed to assist attorneys in preparing bankruptcy petitions and other documents. Transfer: CSU.
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3.00 Credits
Units (Grade Option) 3; Class Hours: Minimum of 48 lecture hours/ semester; Recommended: Eligibility for READ 420 and ENGL 100; Prerequisite(s): LEGL 249 and 250. Description: Students develop and refine legal research and writing skills by preparing a series of projects which include legal documents for court cases filed by attorneys. Included is the efficient use of law libraries. Transfer: CSU.
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3.00 Credits
Units 3; Class Hours: Minimum of 48 lecture hours/semester; Recommended: Eligibility for ENGL 110; Prerequisite(s): LEGL 249. Description: Major aspects and issues of the paralegal profession, skills of a paralegal, and legal ethics. Topics include new careers in law, paralegal employment, the regulation of paralegals, legal analysis, interviewing, investigation in a law office, and formal and informal advocacy with administrative agencies. Transfer: CSU.
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3.00 Credits
Units (Grade Option) 3; Class Hours: Minimum of 48 lecture hours/ semester; Recommended: Eligibility for READ 420 and ENGL 100; Prerequisite(s): LEGL 249. Description: Study of the theory and practice of contract law. Students learn to create contracts and identify contract breaches provided for by law. Transfer: CSU.
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3.00 Credits
Units (Grade Option) 3; Class Hours: Minimum of 48 lecture hours/ semester; Recommended: Eligibility for READ 420 and ENGL 100; Prerequisite(s): LEGL 249. Description: Fundamentals of the administrative law system--how it developed, what it is intended to do, and how it works. Federal cases; issues in administrative law such as those that apply to tax, welfare, and environmental law; workers' compensation and social security are examined also. Transfer: CSU.
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