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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to provide a background for persons who have entered or are considering entering the legal workforce as support personnel to attorneys. The course will allow individuals to prepare materials and support documents for lawyers; to familiarize them with the rudiments of legal research, structure judiciary, and legal terminology. Elective only.
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1.00 Credits
This internship experience is designed to acquaint prospective employees with the operations of a modern legal office. Students will be placed in a law office and will be required to work 5 hours a week for 14 weeks. The internship is designed for working adults. Elective only.
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3.00 Credits
The course is intended to help paralegals think sensibly about computers and to appreciate the capabilities and limitations of computer options for a law practice. It is primarily hands on and exposes the student to a number of popular software packages and their application to the legal process. Students are assigned to a section appropriate to their skill level with computers. This gives novice students the time to gain confidence and build new skills and also provides intermediate students with the oipportunity to expand skills. Elective only.
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6.00 Credits
An introduction to the paralegal profession which will include an introduction to legal writing, discussion of the nature of the profession, the variety of opportunities available to trained paralegals, ethical issues that a paralegal will encounter, and how to prepare for the job market. Through a combination of lectures and practical exercises, students become familiar with both the sources of law, including cases and statutes, and methods of locating the sources of law. Students will learn to Shepardize and cite cases according to Guidelines in "A Uniform System of Citation."
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3.00 Credits
The development of the American legal system and the continuous interpretation of the United States Constitution will be studied. This course examines the structure of the legal system and how it is used to effectuate remedies.
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3.00 Credits
This course will focus on issues of professional responsibility for paralegals including an examination of roles and responsibilities. In addition, this course will provide an understanding of legal ethical obligations that have been established by statutes, court decisions, court rules and model codes including issues of unauthorized practice of law, conflict of interest, confidentiality, competence, solicitation, fees, billing, obligations of attorneys to clients and protection of client funds.
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to basic legal terminology and the nature of the American adversary system. Using the rules of civil procedure, it follows litigation from commencement of a civil action, offensive and defensive pleadings and motions, through pre-trial fact finding procedures known as discovery, to preparation and presentation of the case at trial.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines traditional and emerging developments in tort law as it pertains to private or civil wrongs and injuries. General tort and personal injury categories of negligence, strict liability, and intentional torts will be covered. Specific topics discussed will be assault, battery, defamation, nuisance, false imprisonment, product liability, worker's compensation, malpractice, and auto insurance. Other subject matter areas highlighted will be liability, defenses available to defendants, remedies for injured parties, immunity, and tort reform.
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3.00 Credits
Divided into two parts, the course will first examine how businesses are conducted through several kinds of legal entities, each of which should be considered by a lawyer and an executive when choosing to form a new enterprise. Students will receive instruction and practice in the preparation and filing of incorporation documents, organizational and annual corporate materials, basic corporate agreements and resolutions. In the second half, the focus will be on commercial law. Students will receive instruction regarding the formation, performance and breach of contracts with primary focus on secured transitions. Students will receive instruction and practice in the preparation and filing of financial statements and documentation for corporate financial transitions. Students will also receive instruction regarding creditors, rights exercised under Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code and federal and state laws. This section will also include debtors' remedies including review of the Bankruptcy Code and the responsibilities of debtors. Students may substitute MGT 2415.
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3.00 Credits
Estate Administration deals primarily with how people transfer their property and to whom the various items of property are transferred. Students learn how the assets of an estate are discovered, collected, valued and inventorized. Students learn how the estate administrator pays the debts of the decedent. This course provides instructions in basic property and estate concepts and those procedures involved in administering an estate.
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