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3.00 Credits
This course examines family law practice including complaints, interrogatories, depositions, motions, and pleadings in the areas of divorce, separation, and custody, annulment, adoption, name change, guardianship, legitimacy, and other Family Court procedures. Prerequisite: LEX 111 3/0/0 FA Course fee charged
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3.00 Credits
This course outlines basic debtor/creditor bankruptcy law and provides guidelines, practices, and procedures that a paralegal in this field may use. It covers sources of law, consensual debt creation, creditor interest in real estate, general provisions of the Bankruptcy Code and case administration (Chapter 7, Chapter 11 and Chapter 13). 3/0/0 SP Course fee charged
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3.00 Credits
This course focuses on the legal and financial requirements of residential real estate transactions. It examines deeds, contracts, mortgages, and other documents commonly associated with real estate. Students learn the historical background which makes real estate unique, along with a practical understanding of the different local practices affecting its purchase and sale. Some basic math skills are helpful in understanding surveys, the proper calculation of taxes, and the settlement statement. Prerequisite: LEX 111 3/0/0 FA Course fee charged
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3.00 Credits
This course focuses on the sole proprietorship, partnership (general and limited), the limited liability company, and the general business corporation, including an analysis of formation, operation, dissolution, financing, and tax implications of each entity. It reviews legal documents including initial organizational documents, stock certificates, stock transfer ledger, by-laws and minutes, trade name certificates, and means of dissolution. It examines law practice and procedure in buysell agreements, employment agreements, and non-competition agreements. 3/0/0 SP Course fee charged
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3.00 Credits
This course covers general rules governing lawyers, courts, and civil practice. Students become familiar with the court rules, pre-trial procedure, and common legal issues. Special emphasis is placed on understanding ethics rules and professional responsibility. Students are also taught the requirements for filing complaints, answers, and for pre-trial discovery, including interrogatories, depositions, subpoenas, and motion practice. Prerequisite: LEX 111, LEX 125, BUA 205 3/0/0 FA Course fee charged
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3.00 Credits
This course focuses on practice and procedures with respect to estates, wills and their legal effects, administration of estates, trusts, accountings, devises, bequests, distribution of estates, law of interstate distribution, obligations of fiduciaries, and the Probate Division of the courts. It also includes an examination of New Jersey inheritance tax and federal estate tax returns. Prerequisite: ACC 110 or ACC 112, LEX 111, LEX 125, BUA 205 3/0/0 FA Course fee charged
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3.00 Credits
This course focuses on the practical application of substantive law concerning civil litigation, personal and real property, probate practice, family law, administration of decedents' estates, and legal research. Students prepare and analyze documents simulating practice in offices where paralegals may serve, using skills gained in prerequisite courses. Prerequisite: LEX 112, LEX 113, LEX 122, LEX 124, LEX 125, LEX 212, LEX 214 3/0/0 SP Course fee charged
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3.00 Credits
The internship program provides an opportunity for students to gain a workplace experience. The student is placed in a law office or other firm using paralegals, under the supervision of an attorney. The internship is guided by prescribed learning outcomes that are specific to the type and orientation of the law firm or business in which the student is placed. Prerequisite: LEX 110, LEX 111, LEX 112, LEX 113, LEX 212 By arrangement 3/0/0 Course fee charged
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3.00 Credits
This course stresses the forms and techniques of fiction. It emphasizes the critical reading, analysis, and interpretation of selected short stories, short novels, and novels. Prerequisite: ENG 102 or permission 3/0/0
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3.00 Credits
This course is a survey of dramatic literature from the plays of the ancient Greeks to the present. It focuses on the close analysis of dramatic structure, the changes in dramatic presentation, and the social and artistic conventions which caused these changes. Prerequisite: ENG 102 or permission 3/0/0
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