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Course Criteria
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1.00 Credits
This course provides paralegal students with an understanding of the interviewing skills that are to be mastered in legal setting. Interviewing skills are essential skills for the well educated paralegal. The students will be exposed to the different types of interview situations that may be encountered in a legal setting. The students will demonstrate their knowledge of interviewing by conducting various types of interviewing. The students will also be required to understand the ethical responsibilities in interviewing. This course will also provide the students with the communication skills necessary for effective interviewing techniques.
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3.00 Credits
Introduces the student to civil wrongs and the legal terminology of torts and personal injury law. Entails an intensive study of various types of torts. Gives the student an overview of tort and personal injury law. Helps the student to develop an understanding of the basic principles of law that apply to personal injury. Hypothetical problems are presented to illustrate how the abstract rules pertain to real life. Gives the student the knowledge to recognize what is a tort and the various types of torts. Students will be able to identify the elements of tort causes of action as well as prepare defenses. Legal analysis is stressed through the preparation of case briefs and situational analysis.
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3.00 Credits
Intended to be a follow-up to the Torts and Personal Injury Law course. Enables the student to assist in all aspects of civil litigation including the drafting of pleadings. Entails an extensive study of pretrial, trial, and posttrial procedures.
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3.00 Credits
Covers the fundamentals of law office management. Designed to familiarize the paralegal with the practical inner-workings of a law office including understanding law office procedures. Law office management goes beyond mere efficiency and productivity and includes being sensitive to ethical concerns and providing quality legal services to clients in an affordable manner. Covers an array of topics that will be encountered in a law office setting.
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3.00 Credits
Provides paralegal students with an understanding of basic business law concepts. The students will demonstrate their knowledge of contracts by drafting various contract clauses and an entire contract. The students will also be required to understand judicial interpretation of the contract principles by completing assignments. Educates paralegal students with regard to business organization and prepares the student to work in the area of corporate law as a paralegal. Gives the students an overview of the laws and the theory as well as practical information concerning sole proprietorships, partnerships, and corporations. Students will be required to analyze cases to illustrate the application of laws being discussed. The students will also be required to draft various documents regarding business operations. Warranties, sales, and agency agreements are also reviewed.
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3.00 Credits
This course will cover the formation, operation, and dissolution of various kinds of business organizations. Subjects covered include: sole proprietorships, corporations, partnerships, and the law of agency and employment agreements.
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3.00 Credits
This course presents a study of the substantive and procedural aspects of criminal law and the role of the paralegal working in the area of criminal defense or criminal prosecution. Students will study the general principles of criminal liability, analysis of particular crimes, parties to crimes, substantive defense to crimes, and various pleadings relating to criminal law and procedure. Constitutional safeguards and procedures from arrest through trial, sentencing, punishment, and appeal are also studied. This course also examines the ethical considerations relating to criminal law and procedure.
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3.00 Credits
This course will provide an introductory overview of US immigration law with a focus in the paralegal's role in case assembly, compilation, intake, and processing. Students will learn to identify common issues and available benefits associated with processing nonimmigrant and immigrant visa cases to discuss with the Attorney. Students will also gain an overall understanding of both the nonimmigrant and immigrant visa process and US citizenship including the forms, documents, and filing procedures associated with each.
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3.00 Credits
Enables the student to understand the legal principles involved in estate work and to demonstrate the skills necessary to assist in the preparation and completion of all documents incident to estate practice. Includes a coverage of living wills and various types of trusts as well as probate administration.
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3.00 Credits
Provides the student with a thorough, working knowledge of the basics of family law. Covers the essentials of family law and the tasks that a paralegal might perform in an active practice, such as client interviewing and coordinating discovery. Entails a study of the various aspects involved in family law including marriage, antenuptial agreements, divorce, spousal and child support, property distribution, divorce proceedings, and adoption. The course materials are supplemented by Pennsylvania specific materials.
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