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3.00 Credits
An analysis of the legal aspects of transferring real estate including the essential documents: the off er, acceptance, purchase and sale agreement, mortgage and promissory note forms, and deed preparation. Forms of ownership, warranties, and title examination practices are also examined.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: LA 207. A supervised work experience (minimum of 120 hours) for senior paralegal students, in a legal environment, providing an opportunity to apply the learning outcomes of prior course work. Formerly titled Legal Assistant Internship. A 2.0 overall cumulative quality-point average is needed.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Completion of one-half the credits toward a certifi cate or degree including GV 105 and a keyboarding skill of 25 WPM An examination of the responsibilities of both the legal offi ce assistant and paralegal, including the preparation and processing of legal documents, time management, the attorney/client relationship, and the nature and role of law offi ce employees.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: EN 101. This course is an introduction to the fundamental concepts, principles, and rules of law that apply to business activities. The course presents the legal concepts governing the conduct of business from a managerial perspective including the two legal foundations of business: contract and tort law; sales; agency; partnerships; and corporations. Specific focus is also given to employment law, equal opportunity in employment, and dispute resolution.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: GV 105. Students are trained to use a law library to solve basic problems in legal research. With the use of reporters, citators, codes, and commentaries found in books and electronic data bases such as CD-ROM, students develop eff ective legal research techniques and strategies. Students also practice the mechanics of eff ective legal writing by drafting various legal documents including case briefs.
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3.00 Credits
Pre/Co-requisite: GV 105. Students examine the role of the paralegal in assisting attorneys in the preparation for trial and build profi ciencies in the specifi c tasks required of paralegals in the litigation process. These include procedures for drafting pleadings, motions and client correspondence. Students also develop techniques for case organization and review for eff ective legal writing.
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3.00 Credits
Students examine and analyze the domestic and international legal and regulatory environment in which both public and private businesses and agencies function. Through extensive classroom discussion of assigned textual readings and judicial decisions aff ecting modern business practice, students apply fundamental statutory and regulatory concepts to actual disputes in business. Throughout the course, students practice critical legal thinking skills in analyzing law cases including careful consideration of the ethical issues raised in each. Among the major topics covered in the course are: ethics and the social responsibility of business, nature and classifi cation of contracts, equal opportunity in employment, international dispute resolution, business organizations, and commercial transactions including the law of sales.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: MG 202, LA 301 This course is designed to increase the students' awareness of legal issues that they will encounter in the extensive and growing body of law regulating the employment relationship and infl uencing virtually every area of the fi eld of Human Resource Management. Students will explore, analyze and interpret various aspects of laws surrounding current employment issues. Topics to be discussed include such topics as: employment contacts, wrongful discharge, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, Employment Retirement Income Security Act, the function of the National Labor Relations Board and human resource practice. Topics in Law 3 Based on student interest, topics such as Introduction to Wills, Estates, and Trusts (LA 105) will be off ered.
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3.00 Credits
Based on student interest, topics such as Images of Women in Literature (EN185), Science Fiction (EN135), Twentieth-Century American Drama (EN143), The Voices of Ancient Greece and Rome (EN151), and Detective Fiction (EN182) will be off ered.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: Mathematics Placement Exam. This course will begin with a review of selected arithmetic topics: fractions, decimals, and percentages, followed by a brief review of signed number operations. The course will cover topics of Basic Algebra I: variable expressions; linear equations, inequalities and applications; graphing points and lines; and systems of linear equations. Course may not be applied to a certifi cate or degree program.
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