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  • LGL 320: Advanced Legal Technology

    3.00 Credits
    Peirce College

    This hands-on course builds on the knowledge and skills acquired in LGL 219 Legal Technology. Students will gain a greater understanding of the function and utility of specific technology tools, including case management, e-discovery and trial software so they can assist attorneys in ensuring a more effective and efficient litigation workflow. Through classroom exercises and written assignments, students will learn how to spot critical e-discovery issues and how to best resolve them. To better navigate the wealth of legal technology related issues and concepts, students will analyze federal and state case law, court rules, and ethical rules. Criticalissues such as the use of mobile devices, social media, metadata, computer forensics, and cloud computing in the context of discovery, security, and confidentiality will also be examined. Students will learn advanced computer assisted research techniques using Westlaw, LexisNexis, and other research and investigative databases.
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  • LGL 406: Employment Law

    3.00 Credits
    Peirce College

    Prerequisites : All LGL 100-level coursesStudents will examine the legal framework of the employer/employee relationship and the current law's practical application, emphasizing the paralegal role in that process. The course concentrates on the statutory requirements of today's labor laws, discrimination laws, hiring and firing restrictions and mandates, privacy in the workplace issues, sexual harassment regulations, and workplace safety rules.
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  • LGL 407: Advanced Criminal Law

    3.00 Credits
    Peirce College

    Prerequisites: LGL 207Build on the student's knowledge and skills acquired in LGL 207: Criminal Law. Topics in the course will include a detailed discussion of criminal law statutes. Students will gain exposure to many aspects of a criminal law case, including the paralegal's duties with attorneys involved in the case, prosecutors, police, the client, and correctional agencies. Students will explore the criminal justice system including the pre-trial stage, lineups, trial, and other relevant procedures. A prerequisite for this course is a working knowledge of The Bill of Rights of the U.S. Constitution, and in particular, how it relates to the rights of the accused.
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  • LGL 408: Workers Compensation

    3.00 Credits
    Peirce College

    Prerequisites: All LGL 100-level coursesStudents will examine the fundamentals of the Workers Compensation Act. Students will analyze workers' compensation law with respect to injury, notice, course and scope of employment, insurance coverage, basic medical terminology, and disability issues. This course will present various factual situations for purposes of discussion, analysis, and practice procedures.
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  • LGL 410: Bankruptcy Law

    3.00 Credits
    Peirce College

    Prerequisites: All LGL 100-level coursesGain familiarity with federal bankruptcy law and practice through a close examination of the bankruptcy code and the applicable procedural rules as they relate to bankruptcy chapters 7, 11, and 13 filings. Students will examine and discuss the ethical concerns of a bankruptcy paralegal. This course emphasizes the practical application of the student's knowledge of bankruptcy law through the preparation of a complete bankruptcy petition and all the related documents typically required for filing with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, as well as the preparation of common bankruptcy motions.
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  • LGL 418: Real Estate Settlement Procedures

    3.00 Credits
    Peirce College

    Prerequisites: LGL 305Examine the various federal and state statutes applicable to real property law from a practicing paralegal's perspective, including the Real Estate Settlement Procedures and the Truth in Lending Acts. Students will examine and analyze the typical tasks involved in a real estate transaction by preparing relevant documents such as an Agreement for Sale of Real Estate, a HUD-1 settlement sheet, and related tax documents. Students will learn how to professionally read and analyze deeds, title rundowns, mortgage instruments, and other relevant documents related to real estate ownership and transactions.
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  • LGL 419: Intellectual Property

    3.00 Credits
    Peirce College

    Prerequisites : All LGL 100-level coursesExplore the legal concepts that underlie patents, trademarks, and copyrights. Students will learn methods used to research various intellectual property questions and become familiar with the forms most commonly employed in intellectual property.
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  • LGL 430: PLG Capstone II: Adv Civil Lit

    3.00 Credits
    Peirce College

    A grade of C or above is required in this course.Prerequisites: All required LGL courses with the exception of LGL 440Providing a classroom simulation of a law office, this course will offer students hands-on experience with many of the practical and professional activities in which civil litigation paralegals typically engage. In addition to individual projects, students will be divided into plaintiff and defendant teams and work together on certain projects, simulating team projects in a law office. Students will conduct a client interview, draft legal memoranda, and draft and analyze pleadings, discovery documents, and motions.Inaddition, students will examine regulation trends and the NALA and NFPA paralegal certification exams and procedure, and will examine the testing techniques for the civil litigation portion of those exams. This course will give students an opportunity to review and enhance many of legal concepts and skills encountered previously in their paralegal program, emphasizing the practical aspects of legal research, legal writing, and civil litigation.
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  • LGL 440: PLG Cap III :Pract Skills & Reg

    3.00 Credits
    Peirce College

    A grade of C or above is required in this course.Prerequisites: All required LGL Courses.Expanding on the classroom simulation of a law office experience established in the LGL 430 Capstone II: Advanced Civil Litigation course, the LGL 440 Capstone III: Practical Skills and Regulation course will offer students hands-on experience with many of the practical and professional activities in which civil practice, non-litigation paralegals typically engage. Students will research and draft for hypothetical clients: estate planning documents, divorce documents, business organizational documents, and real estate transactional documents. Students will further examine the regulatory trends in the profession and the NALA and NFPA paralegal certification exams for the covered subject areas. This course will give students another opportunity to review and enhance many of the legal concepts and skills encountered while pursuing the undergraduate paralegal degree at Peirce, and will formally introduce students to the professional certification/regulation process for paralegals.
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  • MAT 010: Arithmetic and Elementary Algebra

    3.00 Credits
    Peirce College

    Course requires a grade of C or above. This three-credit skills enhancement course is designed to increase students' academic readiness for college-level math courses. The course reviews computation and problem solving while concentrating on the concepts of beginning algebra. Percents, decimals, and fractions as well as signed numbers and powers (to include scientific notation) are covered. Beginning algebra topics of variables and expressions through solving linear equations, and the Cartesian coordinate system are included. Computer-assisted instruction is employed to facilitate students' abilities to engage in independent work. Students are expected to reflectbackon the course content and seek additional means, through resources provided in this course, to continue restructuring thought patterns and reinforcing skills with regular practice. This course does not satisfy course requirements for any degree program.
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