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3.00 Credits
The course presents a practical approach to the understanding of bankruptcy law. It will familiarize the student with the bankruptcy code as well as the bankruptcy process. It will approach the bankruptcy process with a practical perspective and "hands-on" approach featuring research and drafting projects.
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3.00 Credits
Involves the understanding of the various sources involved in law. Includes primary and secondary resources. The student will be able to distinguish binding or persuasive law. The student will combine legal research with legal writing by completing problems and preparing of a memorandum of law. Legal writing entails case briefing, drafting a memorandum of law, and review of components of legal correspondence. Utilizes the law library at Lehigh County Court of Common Pleas.
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3.00 Credits
Provides the student with hands-on experience while working at a law firm, court house, bank, or other acceptable locale. The student will work a total of 225 hours at the business during the semester as well as attend meetings to discuss job searching skills. Intended to be taken after a majority of the course work is completed. Must be pre-approved by the program coordinator according to deadlines established in internship manual. Paralegal Studies students are responsible for locating and selecting internship placement sites. Students are responsible for presenting credential levels required by the internship site. It is the sole discretion of the internship site and future employers as to what level of credentialing is required by the position roles. Students who possess a "record" status may experience limitations in available internship placements anf future employment in the paralegal field.
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3.00 Credits
This course will provide the student with a virtual paralegal experience working at a law firm. The student will work a total of 120 hours at the virtual law firm during the semester as well as attend meetings to discuss job searching skills. Intended to be taken after a majority of the coursework is completed. Must be pre-approved by the program coordinator according to deadlines. Students who possess a "record" status may experience limitations in future employment in the paralegal field.
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3.00 Credits
Legal writing skills are reinforced through various assignments. Students draft case briefs, complaints, answers, discovery demands, motions, and various types of legal correspondence. Legal research is utilized to respond to fact simulation that results in a memorandum of law. Grammar competency is expected.
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3.00 Credits
Course considers philosophy and development of contemporary political ideologies. Institutions of modern governments are compared and analyzed. Philosophical, behavioral, institutional, and historical approaches to the study of political science are examined to study the discipline as a science.
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3.00 Credits
The functions of the United States Government under the Constitution are stressed to illustrate the federal concept of government generally. Included among the topics studied are problems and advantages of federalism; civil liberties and civil rights; law making; public opinion and elections; interest groups and political parties; the three branches of government; the increasing activities of the Federal Government; and some comparisons and contrast of the American governmental system with contemporary foreign governments.
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3.00 Credits
A study of the organization and functions of state and local governments as exemplified in Pennsylvania and their place in our federal system. Topics studied include state, county, township, borough and city government; metropolitan cooperative/consolidation efforts; special purpose districts; and the contributions that active citizens can make in their state and communities.
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3.00 Credits
This course is an introduction to the study of Latin America and the Caribbean. Taking into consideration the region's complexity, this class examines the geography, politics, history and culture of the area as well as the nuances of its peoples and societies. Students will explore different approaches to the understanding of the area's economic development, the internal and external struggles over political power and forms of rule, and the intricacy of the region's relationship with the Unites States. Topics also include racial and ethnic identity, gender and sexuality dynamics, migration and the migrant experience, and the emergence of new cultural expressions.
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3.00 Credits
This course will introduce the student to the theory, context, scope, and contemporary practice of public administration. The student will survey and become familiar with theories of organization, the statutory authority for administrative decision-making, the historical development of public administration in the United States, the policy-making process, and practical planning tools for the practice of public administration. Students considering a career in public administration, or those who might already hold a position and would like a deeper understanding of the field would benefit from this course.
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