12 courses with the subject PLG, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
PLG 100DE Introduction to Paralegal Studies
60 Hours / 4 Quarter Credits Course Description: This course is designed to introduce the student to the American legal system, the profession of law, and the evolving roles of today’s paralegal. Additionally, this course provides an overview of the legal terminology, concepts, and principles specific to various fields of law, including contracts, torts, criminal law, real property, and family law - with a designed focus on the paralegal’s roles relative to each. Students are in- troduced and instructed on how to approach a variety of admin- istrative and technical skills necessary to succeed as a parale- gal, including legal research (using subscription-based and free legal resources), critical reading and analysis and various forms of legal writing. Students are also introduced to the life cycle of a typical case, including the paralegal’s role at each stage, includ- ing the initial client interview, investigation, case management, pretrial matters, and the basics of trial preparation. The course also provides an overview of law office administration and legal technologies. Underlying each component of this course is a fo- cus on legal ethics and professional responsibility.
60 Hours / 4 Quarter Credits Course Description: This course is a comprehensive guide to the language of the legal system. It is designed to provide the student with instruction in terminology for the paralegal profes- sion. The focus and concentration will involve term recognition, understanding, utilization, and spelling.
60 Clock Hours / 4 Quarter Credits Course Description: This course is designed to introduce the student to the legal specialty field of real estate. The student will become familiar with the basics of real estate property law and the essential areas of real practice as well as the proce- dures concerning settlement statements and recording various real estate documents. This course also covers methods of title transfer; title examinations and insurance; parties to a real estate transaction; the sales agreement and contract; real estate finance including appraisals and mortgages; the closing and settlement process; and post-settlement activities.
60 Clock Hours / 4 Quarter Credits Course Description: This course will provide the student with a comprehensive understanding of the principles, history, and sources of contract law. Topics include the formation of a contract through its termination, including various ways in which parties can enter into a contract. Also explored are the concepts of consideration, offer and acceptance, enforcement, damages for breach of contract, and defenses available to a party that reneges on a contract. Additionally, this course will familiarize th student with Article 2 of the Uniform Commercial Code regarding the sale of goods, and the role of the paralegal in contract law.
60 Clock Hours / 4 Quarter Credits Course Description: The course provides the student with a solid foundation of the fundamental principles of the criminal justice system. Including procedures from arrest to filing of an appeal, principles of state law, familiarization with federal crimi- nal law and introduction to the preparation of pleadings, motions and brief writing.
60 Clock Hours / 4 Quarter Credits Course Description: This course presents fundamental concepts of family law with emphasis on the paralegal’s role. The course provides an overview of divorce law and reviews important aspects to consider in property division, alimony, custody, and support in a divorce. The course also describes post-divorce collection actions and necessary court actions after a divorce. Other aspects of family law are studied also, including common law marriage, prenuptial agreements, annulments, civil unions, adoptions, paternity and neglect actions. Students will learn common terminology in family law and some of the procedural concerns to consider in these areas of law.
60 Clock Hours / 4 Quarter Credits Course Description: This course is designed to teach the para- legal how to manage a case from beginning to end. The subjects covered in the course will include determining jurisdiction and venue; initiating and commencing a lawsuit; client counseling; investigation techniques and the discovery process; the drafting of summons and complaints, motions, briefs, and pleadings; settlement techniques; the trial itself; pre- and post- trial activities and the appeals process.
60 Clock Hours / 4 Quarter Credits Course Description: This course is designed to provide students with a basic understanding of the principles of the most signifi- cant laws pertaining to business organizations and how they impact the role of the paralegal. The business organization law component of the course will deal with the individual character- istics of various business organizations, the laws governing the creation and operation of these various business entities, their dissolutions and liquidations, and their relationships to various categories of creditors and shareholders. The bankruptcy com- ponent of the course will acquaint our students with an under- standing of the three most common forms of bankruptcy under Chapters 7, 11 and 13 of the United States Bankruptcy Code.
60 Clock Hours / 4 Quarter Credits Course Description: This course covers the basic principles governing the ethical practice of law for paralegals. It will provide students with the necessary tools for identifying and resolving ethical problems and gives practical tips to implement in every- day practice. The areas that will be covered in this course include the regulation of attorney and paralegal conduct, confidentiality, e the unauthorized practice of law, conflicts of interest, the han- dling of client funds, advertising, billing, fee splitting, disciplinary procedures, and malpractice.
60 Clock Hours / 4 Quarter Credits Course Description: This course presents the fundamentals of law office management and organization, including basic prin- ciples and structures of management, administrative and sub- stantive systems in the law office, and law practice technology. The course also reviews and explores software programs that a Paralegal will encounter in their future careers, such as Lexis- Nexis, Westlaw, TrialDirector, Clio, and Microsoft.
60 Clock Hours / 4 Quarter Credits Course Description: This course will focus on training our students to do competent legal research and develop their ability to draft legal documents. Students will learn to identify and use a variety of research tools, including both the online collection provided by Lexis+® as well as traditional book-based methods of legal research. A portion of the course will focus on the various types and form books of reference books, proper case citation, cite checking and the proper method of case reporting, methods of compiling legislative histories and administrative legal research.
