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Course Criteria
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4.50 Credits
A study of the laws concerning intestate succession, wills, and trusts (with an emphasis on California law), the principles of federal estate and gift taxation, and the relationship of succession and taxes. Students learn how to draft wills, trusts, codicils, and trust amendments and how to do death tax projections.
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4.50 Credits
The law of family relations, including the law of marriage, annulment, dissolution, judicial separation, spousal and child support, legitimacy of children, custody, adoption, the classification of separate and community property, and problems arising from the dissolution of the marital community.
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4.50 Credits
A study of procedural law and substantive law relating to the special status of minors in our society. The emphasis of this course is Juvenile jurisdiction in three areas: Incorrigibility, Dependency, and Delinquency. Students learn the unique aspects of representation of juveniles, including interviewing, preparation of disposition reports, and development of files of alternative treatment programs. A term project and field trips to court and various juvenile facilities develop the skills needed for a legal assistant to work in this field.
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4.50 Credits
This course covers advanced issues of family law including marital settlement agreements, domestic violence, enforcement techniques, tax issues, prenuptial agreements, paternity law, the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act and the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act. Emphasis will be placed on familiarization with California Judicial Council Forms, pleading preparation, research, and internet tools.
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4.50 Credits
This course focuses on civil procedure in both state and federal courts. Topics covered include jurisdiction, venue, parties, third parties, pleadings and motions, and analysis of civil-litigation strategies. The role of the paralegal in discovery is stressed and the course includes discussion of various forms of discovery, including depositions, interrogatories, and demands to produce documents. Students will discuss privileges, including the attorney-client privilege and the attorney-work-product privilege. Trialsetting and related matters are also discussed.
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4.50 Credits
(Prerequisite: PLA 425) This course focuses on the trial process in civil litigation, with a special emphasis on the law of evidence. The course includes a brief review of the civil-procedure process leading up to trial. Students will examine the role of the paralegal at trial, analyze the use of testimony by expert witnesses, and discuss the practical problems associated with the use of documentary evidence at trial. Settlement and negotiation strategies, trial briefs, motions in limine, and other related documents will be covered. The course also includes a brief overview of the law of judgments and the process of appeals.
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4.50 Credits
(Recommended: PLA 404) This course covers the following: basic property concepts (the basic differences of community, quasicommunity, and separate property; recognition of probate assets and non-probate assets; the differences between joint tenancy and tenancy-in-common; trust assets; fringe benefits; insurance proceeds); non-probate procedures (clearing title to joint tenancy, the various summary administration procedures, and spousal property petitions); and probate procedures (initiating administration; jurisdiction and venue; intestate succession; preparation of petition and other documents; review of will, notice requirements, Independent Administration of Estates Act, ancillary probate; and the necessity of maintaining a calendar or tickler system).
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4.50 Credits
This course covers the following material: Asset accumulation, management, and creditors' claims, location and marshaling of assets of the estate; preparation of inventories; function of probate referee; review of procedures for payment of debts and creditors' claims; study of management of estate assets; sales of real businesses; and family allowance. This course also covers miscellaneous court proceedings and termination of proceedings: will contests, contract to make a will, quiet title actions, buy-sell agreements, options, redemptions, and partition. Preparation of a court accounting and petition for final distribution, discharge of representation, and statutory fees. In addition, the course will review special petitions: Petition under Probate Code Sec. 9860, petition for instructions, petition to determine distribution rights, nunc pro tunc orders, settlements, preliminary distributions, and report of status of administration of estate.
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4.50 Credits
This course covers formation and structure of corporations, analysis and preparation of initial and amended articles of incorporation, satisfaction-of-filing requirements, drafting of by-laws, minutes of first meetings, initial stock-issuance documents, and waivers and notices of meetings; and documents relating to internal management of corporation affairs, analysis of employment agreements, stock options, buy and sell agreements, stock restriction agreements, resolutions authorizing cash and stock dividends and stock splits, and preparation of resolutions and certificates relating to liquidations and dissolutions.
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4.50 Credits
(Prerequisite: PLA 429) This course covers regulation of sale of securities (analysis of the requirement of the forms and supporting materials for the registration of securities for California, preparation of California exemption forms, and an overview of the federal securities laws); and acquisition and merger agreements (analysis of different types of acquisitions and mergers, statutory requirements of such transactions, and the customary range of provisions that appear in such agreements).
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