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This is an advanced-level course that will provide students with hands-on instruction in the application of substantive and procedural law concepts in the preparation and litigation of an actual toxic tort case. The case, Anderson v. Cryovac, will be the subject-matter of the course, and students will be exposed to it through viewing the film, A Civil Action, reviewing trial documents, and class discussion of all phases including the initial filing of the action, pleadings, discovery, trial, and post-trial motions. (Prerequisite: 510)
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Students will be introduced to the substantive law of torts. Students will learn the basic elements of negligence/medical malpractice claims, intentional torts, claims of strict and products liability, defamation and related privacy torts as well as automobile insurance claims. Students will learn all viable defenses to each tort. The course will also examine issues surrrounding the legal concepts of causation, damages, remedies and vicarious liability. Students will learn how to analyze facts and recognize a potential tort/personal injury cause of action, as well as how to assist in the preparation and adjudication of a tort/personal injury trial.
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Students may be placed in a paralegal position with a private law firm, government agency, court office, corporation, insurance company, bank, real estate company, community service agency, health care facility, or other appropriate office. The term of the internship is 16 hours per week for 10 weeks. There will be an additional classroom component of 8 hours held in 4 two-hour sessions during the evenings. The student will learn the practical daily operation of the assigned office. Supervised by a licensed, practicing attorney and usually by a practicing paralegal, the student will be both an observer and a participant in the operation of the assigned office. Normally the student receives no salary or compensation for his/her service. An internship at a student's place of employment will be allowed only under restricted circumstances. Prerequisitions: (501, 502, 503, 504, 505)
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Students will be introduced to corporate and business law concepts. There will be a general discussion of various types of business organizations such as sole proprietorships, general partnerships and limited partnerships. The emphasis of this course, however, will be centered on various types of corporations such as nonprofit, professional, close and business corporations. Regulation of public companies will also be reviewed. Students will learn how to prepare minutes and resolutions of shareholder's and director's meetings and other related documents.
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Students will learn about agreements and documents and how they are prepared and utilized in a business corporation. These will include shareholders and employment agreements, merger, asset, and stock purchase documents, closing documents and other related agreements. Students will be aware of the ethical and the specific functions of a corporate paralegal.
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Students will study the various concepts involved in connection with various stock offerings. Emphasis will be placed on compliance with federal and blue sky offerings, securities and regulations. (Prerequisite: 524)
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Students will study corporate structures of financing and will be introduced to many of the loan agreements, security agreements, guarantees, notes, mortgages, financing statements, leases, subleases, trusts, escrow agreements, indentures and loan transactions. Students will learn how to and draft related documents. (Prerequisite: 524)
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The Immigration Nationality Act of 1952, as amended, is examined and emphasis will be placed on the most commonly used non-immigrant working visas, permanent residency (both family and employment related) and alien labor certifications. This is a hands-on course in which students learn how to prepare various applications and petitions particular to this field.
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This practice oriented course will introduce students to the law of the workplace beginning with the hiring process and concluding with the termination of the employment relationship. In between, the course will address such issues as: rights of privacy, drug testing, employment contracts, working conditions, free speech rights, employment discrimination, worker's compensation, unemployment compensation, sexual harassment and wrongful discharge. Students will examine both the employer and employee perspectives.
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The purpose of this course is to introduce and explain the Federal Bankruptcy Code and state collection procedure to paralegals. The course will be geared to preparing future paralegals to perform tasks routinely encountered in a bankruptcy practice. We will review the general theory underlying the Bankruptcy Code. We will examine the rights and duties of debtors under the Bankruptcy code. Various classifications of creditors and different creditor remedies will also be explored. The student will conduct a client interview and prepare the necessary documents to complete a bankruptcy petition, along with having an understanding of the principles underlying the documents.
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