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4.00 Credits
4 CREDIT HOURS Through the use of hands-on projects, students apply state and federal rules of court along with the state and federal rules of evidence. Students develop the information management and document preparation skills necessary to assist an attorney during the litigation process. Applications of computerized litigation systems in the various areas of legal specialization are reviewed. Prerequisite: LEG221
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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. Methods of computer-based legal and factual research are stressed with hands-on 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
1 CREDIT HOUR Fundamentals of computerized legal research using LEXIS and WESTLAW, which are online at the campuses. Includes overview of databases, formulating searches, retrieving and displaying documents, validating findings, and advanced research techniques. Prerequisite: LEG105 Prerequisite or Corequisite: LEG231
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4.00 Credits
4 CREDIT HOURS Covers individual, partnership, and corporate forms of business organizations; formation, implementation, and rules governing operations and decision-making; duties and liabilities of corporate actors; and mergers, acquisitions, and dissolutions of corporations. Prerequisite: LEG105
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4.00 Credits
4 CREDIT HOURS Includes the hiring process, legal regulation benefits, protection of employee privacy, expression and association, employee health and safety, the organization and representation of employees, union collective action, collective bargaining, including the administration and enforcement of collective agreements, termination of the employment relationship, restrictive covenants, wrongful discharge and plant closings, and retirement. Prerequisites: LEG105, LEG120
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4.00 Credits
4 CREDIT HOURS Covers preliminary problems leading to bankruptcy, eligibility for bankruptcy, collection of the debtor’s estate, the trustee’s avoiding powers, distribution of the estate, and discharge of the debtor under the federal bankruptcy and related state law. Includes preparation of related petitions. Prerequisites: LEG105, LEG120
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4.00 Credits
4 CREDIT HOURS Covers the sale and transfer of real property interests, describing and defining real property interests and their methods and forms of creation, ownership, and transfer; and rules and procedures involved in real estate closings. Also includes function and forms of real estate financing, mortgages, and insurance. Prerequisite: LEG105
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4.00 Credits
4 CREDIT HOURS Examines forms and procedures in divorce actions from client interviews to settlement agreements and formal adjudication; resolution of family disputes involving annulments, separations, parenthood, support, alimony, and parent-child relationships; family support services and nonjudicial dispute resolution; and juvenile protection and agencies. Prerequisite: LEG105
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4.00 Credits
4 CREDIT HOURS Covers the regulation of criminal versus civil activity, and criminal trial preparation and procedures. Includes indictment and arraignment procedures, pre-trial motions, defenses, discovery, burden of proof, and post-trial deposition. Prerequisite: LEG105
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