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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
3 credits. 3 hours. (Lecture 3 hours.) Students are introduced to the development of paralegal professional and the responsibilities of the paralegal. Introduction to career requirements, opportunities and responsibilities are presented. Systems approaches to law office management which include billing practices, timekeeping and law office library systems are reviewed. Students will examine the philosophical and historical background of the law and its organizational structure and purpose.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits. 3 hours. (Lecture 3 hours.) The student will be introduced to criminal law, classification and analysis of crimes and criminal acts; fundamentals of constitutional and criminal law concepts; elements of local, state and federal jurisdiction, venue and procedure as they apply to law enforcement, and detailed concepts in the laws of arrest, search and seizure and the preservation and protection of life and property.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits. 3 hours. (Lecture 3 hours.) Prerequisite: PARA 100. Introduction to the formation of simple contracts, consideration, conditions, benefits, and impossibility. Remedies, performance, and breach.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits. 3 hours. (Lecture 3 hours.) Prerequisite: PARA 100. Introduction to negligence, strict liability, intentional torts, battery, false imprisonment, rights to privacy, and privilege. Techniques of interviewing witnesses and parties to an action.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits. 3 hours. (Lecture 3 hours.) Prerequisite: PARA 100. Introduction to sources of laws and legal research methods; fundamentals of legal writing.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits. 3 hours. (Lecture 3 hours.) Prerequisite: PARA 176. In depth instruction in legal writing, drafting legal documents including: briefs, memoranda, and motions.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits. 3 hours. (Lecture 3 hours.) Prerequisite: PARA 100. Introduction to the fundamentals of real and personal property, ownership interests, zoning easement, leins and bailments.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits. 3 hours. (Lecture 3 hours.) Prerequisite: PARA 100. The course will introduce students to the type of ethical dilemmas that they will face once in the work force, the ethical rules developed by the American Bar Association and methods for researching the answers to ethical dilemmas. This course will help the paralegal student delineate clearly between the tasks in which a paralegal can legally do and those tasks which must be done by or under the supervision of an attorney.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
1-3 credits. 1-3 hours. (Lecture 1-3 hours.) Prerequisite: PARA 100. The open topic format of this course provides students opportunities to study, analyze, and discuss selected topics of law or current issues related to paralegals or the legal profession. Instruction will vary by topic and may include lecture, guided readings, discussions, research, writing, and/or field experiences. Repeatable for different topics. No more than six credits of special topics courses may be applied toward elective and/or paralegal program degree requirements.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits. 3 hours. (Lecture 3 hours.) Prerequisite: PARA 100. The student will examine and understand the nature, types, and degrees of criminal evidence; rules governing admissibility, competency, and relevancy; presentation of physical and other material evidence, direct and circumstantial evidence, hearsay rules, and exceptions.
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