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Dec 22, 2024
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2020-2021 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED BULLETIN]
Paralegal Certificate
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The University Studies’ American Bar Association–approved Paralegal Certificate program is designed to help paralegal students meet the requirements of potential employers. Upon completion of the program, students who have met the admission standards and have successfully completed the course work will be awarded a certificate. Admission to the certificate program is open only to those with a minimum of 60 earned college credits, at least 30 of which are in the liberal arts. This program is not designed to prepare students for law school.
Note: Each required Paralegal Certificate course must be passed with a C (2.0) or better to count toward the certificate.
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Required Courses
Required courses for the certificate are Additional Information:
Students who have completed any of the required courses at an approved institution may select alternate paralegal studies courses to total 19 credits. Two courses from at least two of the following four cores and one course from a core or elective group, for a total of 9 credits, must be selected. Core 1: Civil Litigation
- Civil Litigation I*
- Civil Litigation II
- Personal Injury Law
Core 2: Business/Corporate/Real Estate
- Business Organizations
- Commercial Real Estate
- Real Estate Transactions
- Title Search
Core 3: Estate Administration/Probate
Core 4: Healthcare/Regulatory Law
- Administrative Practice and Procedure
- Healthcare Law
Elective Group (among courses offered)
- Contracts
- Criminal Law
- Elder Law
- Employment Law
- Environmental Law
- Family Law
- Insurance Law
- Internship*
- Legal Research and Writing II
- Pension and Employee Benefits
- Taxation
- Workouts, Foreclosures, and Bankruptcy
Note(s):
A total of at least 19 academic credits must be earned. *Strongly recommended |
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