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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
3 credits. 3 hours. (Lecture 3 hours.) Prerequisite: PARA 100. Students will examine the United States Constitution and Amendments with special attention to governmental powers, limitations on those powers, commerce, and the rights guaranteed to individuals by the 4th, 5th, 6th, 8th, and 14th Amendments.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits. 3 hours. (Lecture 3 hours.) The student will examine the dynamic relationship between employer and employee, management and labor, and the laws and regulations, which govern this relationship.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits. 3 hours. (Lecture 3 hours.) Prerequisite: PARA 100. Responsibilities and techniques in family relationships, legal problems in the family, and husband-wife and parent-child responsibilities.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits. 3 hours. (Lecture 3 hours.) Prerequisite: PARA 100. Construction of wills, trusts, and the administration of a probate estate.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits. 3 hours. (Lecture 3 hours.) Prerequisite: PARA 100. Introduction to patent, trademark, and copyright with special attention to recent technology advances in medicine, aerospace, and computer science.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits. 3 hours. (Lecture 3 hours.) Prerequisite: PARA 100. Students will study free speech theory and its common law background, methods of first amendment analysis, history and the significance of the press clause, prior restraints, government regulations of media, protecting the rights to a fair trial, and civil liability for harms caused by the media.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits. 10 hours. (Field Studies 10 hours.) Prerequisite: 15 credit hours of Paralegal courses before taking this course. This course provides student with opportunities to gain practical work experience under the supervision of an attorney or person with experience in the criminal or legal field.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits. 3 hours. (Lecture 3 hours.) Prerequisite: PARA 100. Introduces student to trial preparation, trial practice, preparation of pleadings, discovery, and motions. Client and witness interviewing.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits. 3 hours. (Lecture 3 hours.) Prerequisite: PARA 100. Introduction to the practice of bankruptcy law. Overview of bankruptcy code, rules, official forms, bankruptcy cases, and secondary authority.
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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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