Business - Paralegal Studies Option Program
The Paralegal Associate in Applied Science and the Certificate of Proficiency are programs designed to provide a foundation for the legal assistant (paralegal) career. "The terms legal assistant and paralegal are used interchangeably, which means persons who, although not members of the legal profession, are qualified through education, training, or work experience, are employed or retained by a lawyer, law office, governmental agency, or other entity in a capacity or function that involves the performance, under the direction and supervision of an attorney, of specifically delegated substantive legal work which, for the most part, requires a sufficient knowledge of legal concepts such that, absent that legal assistant, the attorney would perform the task."--American Bar Association. All courses are taught by practicing attorneys who have years of legal experience. The courses stress both the theory of law and paralegal skills.
Required Courses:
Additional Requirements:- OCC Requirement (2-3 s.h.) Any course from the list of Approved General Education courses. OR ACAD-155 OR Any HEHP course(s)
- Lab Science General Education (4 s.h.) Courses satisfying this requirement must be taken from the list of Approved Lab Science General Education courses. (course type: GSCL)
- Mathematics Gen Ed (GMAT): (3 s.h.) Courses satisfying this requirement must come from the List of Approved General Education Mathematics courses. (course type: GMAT)
- Electives (15-16 s.h.) ACCT 161 Principles of Accounting I (3 s.h.) BUSN 126 Word Processing (1 s.h.) BUSN 133 Microcomputer Keyboarding (1 s.h.) BUSN 271 Principles of Management (3 s.h.) BUSN 290 Principles of Real Estate (5 s.h.) CRIM 254 Constitutional Law/Rules of Evidence (3 s.h.) CRIM 255 Criminal Law and Procedure (3 s.h.) INTR 290 Internship (3 s.h.) LAAW 105 Health Care Law (3 s.h.) LAAW 106 Mediation and Conflict Resolution (3 s.h.) LAAW 203 Law Office Management (3 s.h.) LAAW 206 New Jersey Family Law (3 s.h.) POLI 161 American Federal Government (3 s.h.)
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