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3.00 Credits
An introduction to offi ce management programs, word processing for the law offi ce, and practice-specifi c programs. Course provides an introduction to the Internet for legal use. Students also gain hands-on instruction in several software programs that are used in the legal environment. Prerequisites: CIS115, LEG105
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4.00 Credits
An introduction to civil wrongs. Topics include negligence, international torts, strict liability, products liability, defamation, and toxic torts. Students will examine relevant statutes, as well as case law regarding various areas of torts. Prerequisite: LEG105
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to litigation. Students learn the structure of the court system, the methods and procedures employed in litigation, and the various stages of the litigation, such as trial preparation, rules of evidence, and trial and appeal procedures. Prerequisite: LEG105
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3.00 Credits
Students locate and identify primary and secondary sources of law using traditional and computer-assisted research techniques. Includes structuring and drafting of legal case briefs and memoranda of law. Stresses various methods of computer-based legal and factual research with handson applications. Prerequisites: LEG105, ENG103
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3.00 Credits
Continuation of Legal Research and Writing. Prerequisite: LEG231
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1.00 Credits
An introduction to computerized legal research using LEXIS and WESTLAW. Topics include using the databases, formulating searches, retrieving and displaying documents, validating fi ndings, and advanced research techniques. Prerequisite: LEG105 Prerequisite or Corequisite: LEG231
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4.00 Credits
Covers individual, partnership, and corporate forms of business organizations. Topics include formation, implementation, rules governing operations and decisionmaking, duties and liabilities of corporate actors, and mergers, acquisitions, and dissolutions of corporations. Prerequisite: LEG105
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3.00 Credits
Topics include the hiring process, legal regulation of benefi ts, employee privacy, expression and association, health and safety, organization and representation, union collective action, collective bargaining, termination of employment, restrictive covenants, wrongful discharge, plant closing, and retirement. Prerequisites: LEG105, LEG120
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3.00 Credits
Covers preliminary problems leading to bankruptcy, eligibility for bankruptcy, collection of the debtor's estate, the trustee'savoiding powers, distribution of the estate, and discharge of the debtor under the federal bankruptcy and related state law. Prerequisites: LEG105, LEG120
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4.00 Credits
Covers the sale and transfer of real policy interests. Students learn about real property interests and their methods and forms of petition, ownership, and transfer. Other topics include rules and procedures involved in real estate closings and functions and forms of real estate fi nancing, mortgages, and insurance. Prerequisite: LEG105
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