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律师助理研究

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Get into the legal profession in less time and with fewer costs than law school. As law firms try to increase the efficiency of legal services and reduce their costs, the need for paralegals and legal assistants is rising. If you’re interested in the challenges of this growing field, a degree in paralegal studies offers plenty of opportunity to advance in this highly-respected industry drafting legal documents, 进行法律研究, and preparing for trials under the supervision of a licensed attorney.

道德声明:法律助理, Paralegals and other non-lawyers cannot give legal advice to members of the public, 除非法律允许.

A minimum of nine credit hours of substantive legal specialty courses must be taken through synchronous lecture.

项目目标: 

The 律师助理研究 program is designed to prepare professional and ethical paralegals to work in diverse settings. Graduates will be able to competently assist attorneys in legal research, 起草法律文件, and trial preparation in a variety of practice areas dependent upon selection of electives within the program.

1. All Paralegal AAS degree students will demonstrate requisite skills involved in assisting attorneys with trial preparation. 

2. All 律师助理研究 graduates will demonstrate knowledge of computerized legal software and databases.

3. All 律师助理研究 graduates will demonstrate knowledge of legal research.

4. All 律师助理研究 graduates will demonstrate knowledge of legal writing.

5. All paralegal studies students will demonstrate an ability to analyze ethics issues and apply principles of legal ethics to resolve

学期:
4
学分:
67
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地点:
弗吉尼亚海滩校区
Associate of Applied 科学 - 律师助理研究

Gain the expertise needed to competently assist attorneys in legal research, 起草法律文件, and trial preparation in a variety of practice areas, 包括刑事, 家庭, 移民和破产法.

学期:
3
学分:
35
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地点:
弗吉尼亚海滩校区
证书-法律助理

Meet the needs of a busy law practice as a legal assistant with training to handle day-to-day operations such as preparing legal correspondence, 维护和组织文件, 进行法律研究, and drafting documents so that lawyers can focus on preparing cases.

学期:
3
学分:
28
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地点:
弗吉尼亚海滩校区
Career Studies Certificate - Litigation Specialist

Train to become successful in a litigation-focused law office, prosecutor’s office or as part of a criminal defense team with course offerings that include torts and trial preparation and discovery practice.

学期:
3
学分:
28
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地点:
弗吉尼亚海滩校区
Career Studies Certificate - Paralegal General Practice Specialist

Prepare to work under the supervision of an attorney in general practice by learning to conduct research, prepare documents and perform substantive legal tasks that benefit the client.

Legal assistants and paralegals cannot give legal advice to members of the public. Most jurisdictions impose significant penalties for the unauthorized practice of law. This program is not intended to give legal advice to students or to educate or train students to give legal advice or otherwise engage in the unauthorized practice of law.

A student can graduate from 博彩网站 with a Legal Assistant certificate. This student has earned a certificate or has become certificated, but is not a certified legal assistant. The only way to become certified is to take one of two exams offered by two different national paralegal organizations.

Many paralegals and legal assistants are choosing to take one of these exams in order to enhance their resumes and job seeking opportunities. For more information on the certification exams:

National Association of Legal Assistants (NALA), also known as the Certified Paralegal Exam

National Federation of Paralegal Associations (NFPA), also known as the Paralegal CORE Competency Exam (PCCE) and the Paralegal Advanced Competency Exam (PACE)

The 移行细胞癌 律师助理研究 program is approved by the American Bar Association (ABA).

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