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  • PADM 376: National Parks Field Experience

    3.00 Credits
    Roosevelt University

    This fi eld course will integrate the role of public policy, government politics, interest groups, and the media in the management of the national park's natural resources, along with the natural science concepts underlying environmental management decisions. Topics include management of fi res, sustainable habitat development, wolf reintroductions, bison and elk migrations, land use buffer zones, economic development, and tourism. Prereq: one course each in natural science and social science and consent of instructor. (2 Credits)
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  • PADM 398: Internship

    3.00 Credits
    Roosevelt University

    Prereq: consent of instructor. (3 Credits)
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  • PARA 301: Ethics & Professionalism

    3.00 Credits
    Roosevelt University

    This course covers legal ethics with an emphasis on how the rules affect legal assistants. Students learn about the regulation of the legal profession including the rules of conduct that govern both attorneys and legal assistants. Topics include the meaning and importance of the unauthorized practice of law, the attorney-client privilege and its related work product doctrine, confi dentiality, the rules governing confl icts of interest and other topics ethical in nature. Law offi ce management is also addressed. (3 Credits)
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  • PARA 302: Legal Research

    3.00 Credits
    Roosevelt University

    The course teaches students the basics of legal research. Students will learn how to use the many research tools of the law library through a series of library exercises. Proper citation to the various legal authorities will be covered. Working in the area of tort litigation, students learn how to read, analyze and apply the law. An emphasis will be on legal reasoning as students learn how to develop logical and practical legal arguments. Students learn how to research online using both a computerized legal database as well as legal research on the Internet. A hands-on approach is taken in the class, with students spending signifi cant in-class time in the law library and in the computer lab with their instructor. (3 Credits)
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  • PARA 303: Civil Law

    3.00 Credits
    Roosevelt University

    In this survey course, students learn the fundamentals of several areas of the law relating to civil practice including torts, property, wills & estates, domestic relations, and intellectual property. Instructors emphasize current legal events. Written assignments include case briefs and other written exercises designed to increase students' understanding of the subject matters. (3 Credits)
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  • PARA 304: Pre-Trial Litigation

    3.00 Credits
    Roosevelt University

    The pre-trial litigation process in civil matters is the subject of this course. In a step-by-step approach, students learn what needs to take place before trial. The course looks at pre-lawsuit considerations including client and witness interviews, factual investigations, jurisdiction, legal research, how to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of a case, litigation strategy and other areas. The course reviews and studies the discovery process in detail because the paralegal plays a major role in this stage in a civil case. (3 Credits)
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  • PARA 305: Commercial Law

    3.00 Credits
    Roosevelt University

    In this survey course, students learn the fundamentals of laws relating to business. The course places an emphasis on the law of contracts and on the law of business organizations, but also covers the commerce clause, business ethics, bankruptcy law, the law of agency and antitrust and securities law. Written assignments include case briefs and other written exercises/ analyses designed to increase the students' understanding of the subject matters. (3 Credits)
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  • PARA 306: Trial & Post-Trial Litigation

    3.00 Credits
    Roosevelt University

    This course covers the preparation of a case for trial, the trial process and the post-trial process. The focus of the course is the preparation of a case for trial, or the "100 Days Before Trial". Final trial preparationincludes developing a last minute trial strategy that considers what became known during the discovery phase, preparing exhibits, subpoenaing and contacting witnesses and preparing them for testimony, preparing trial briefs, preparing motions to exclude evidence and preparing jury instructions. Students prepare a trial notebook that includes witness question outlines, exhibits, motions in limine, a trial brief and jury instructions. (3 Credits)
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  • PARA 309: Real Estate

    3.00 Credits
    Roosevelt University

    This course of study is an overview study of real estate and prepares students for real estate practice. The course covers both residential and commercial real estate transactions and issues. Students begin the course of study by reviewing the various estates in real property including freehold estates, easements and licenses. The course covers the various methods of holding title to property and explores the different types of transfer deeds (warranty, quit claim and judicial). In addition, students learn how to read surveys, plats and subdivision maps. Students draft legal descriptions of property, prepare closing documentation and learn how perform a title search. The course stresses the practical study of real estate law and transactions. (3 Credits)
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  • PARA 319: Intellectual Property

    3.00 Credits
    Roosevelt University

    This course provides an overview of the substantive federal law regulating copyrights, trademarks and patents and state law regulating trade secrets. The course features practical skill assignments, including the registration of a copyright, preparation of agreements used to protect trade secrets and the selection, evaluation and registration of a trademark. Students begin the course by studying the history of intellectual property, its Constitutional basis in the United States and the common law. Students will develop an in-depth understanding of the current laws of intellectual property as they learn the practical processes of protecting intellectual property rights. Intellectual property law is an expanding fi eld of the law for paralegals and an interesting area to practice in. (3 Credits)
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