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Paralegal Certificate (PLL)

Dutchess Community College · Poughkeepsie, NY

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Program
Award
Certificate
Credential class
ceterms:Certificate
Total credits (published)
33
Catalog edition
2025-2026 DCC Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Checklist type
degree-program
Description
This concentrated certificate program is designed to provide students with a basic foundation of skills and knowledge needed to seek employment as a paralegal. The program’s curriculum requires completion of a combination of legal specialty, business and liberal arts courses. Legal specialty courses emphasize the role of the paralegal in dealing with clients, documents and procedures, while working under the supervision of an attorney. Credits earned in this program may be applied to the Paralegal Associate in Applied Science degree program.
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
190840
CourseShelf checklist
CK_190840_b0e0b35c
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 61

Requirements to complete

Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.

Requirements

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      First Semester

      5 items
      1. ENG 101
        Composition I
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      2. PAL 151
        Introduction to Law
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      3. BUS 115
        Computer Applications for Business
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      4. PAL 110
        Fundamentals of Paralegalism
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      5. PAL 120
        Legal Research
        Not resolved to a course
        3

      Credit Hours: 15

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        Second Semester

        4 items
        1. MAT 109
          Survey of Mathematics
          Not resolved to a course
          3
        2. PAL 260
          Legal Writing
          Not resolved to a course
          3
        3. Paralegal electives
          Not resolved to a course
          9
        4. BHS 103
          Social Problems in Today’s World
          Not resolved to a course
          or: GOV 222 - State and Local Government
          3

        Credit Hours: 18

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            Source. Dutchess Community College, catalog 2025-2026 DCC Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG] — https://catalog.sunydutchess.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=1&poid=24&returnto=14. Captured page pages/0289.html.gz. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.