11 courses with the subject PLS, 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.
This course provides students with a working knowledge of the books available in a law library. Students will develop skills in locating case and reference citations. The use of restatements, legal encyclopedias, law journals, law reviews, treaties, and related items will be discussed.
Students in this course will be introduced to the basics of legal writing. Writing memoranda, briefs, legal correspondence, and various procedural documents will be covered. 73
This course introduces the student to the process of civil litigation. The paralegal’s role in preparing complaints, motions, and interrogatories is reviewed. The actual trial phase and post-trial procedures will be covered, as will alternative dispute resolution.
This course acquaints the student with bankruptcy laws and procedures from both the creditor and debtor’s point of view. It includes the responsibilities of third parties and the U.S. Bankruptcy Act. History, documentation, jurisdiction and proceeding are also discussed.
Emphasis will be placed on the various aspects of estate planning and administration. The settlement of an estate is covered chronologically from the decedent’s death to the final accounting and distribution of the assets of the estate.
The focus of this course is the legal aspects of marriage, divorce, separation, annulment, child custody and support, adoption, and division of property. Emphasis will be placed on substantive family law as well as Pennsylvania legal procedure in this area of law.
This course deals with civil wrongs and the remedies for those wrongs. Students read and discuss issues on such matters as intentional torts, negligence, defamation, product liability, and damages, and examine the development of the common law. Modern efforts to reform tort law, including “no- fault” legislation and “caps” on monetary awards are also addressed.
This course covers employment and labor law, and commercial law which shall include some basic banking law. The Uniform Commercial Code and how its purpose is to simplify, clarify, and modernize the law governing commercial transactions will also be covered.
This course is the study of law as it relates to the acquisition and possession of real property. The preparation of sales agreements, options, and deeds will be covered. Additional topics include title searches, mortgages, surveys, settlements, and closings.
This course will provide students with an introduction to the criminal justice system. The course will examine laws and procedures for processing persons accused of a crime. Students will study the elements of a crime, the defenses to a crime, and the Constitutional issues surrounding guilt and innocence.
This course provides for students to explore aspects of the Paralegal field which have not yet been covered in other courses or which have not been treated in detail. This course is designed to be an independent study project supervised by a faculty member. Students are required to read and study articles covering Paralegals and prepare and submit summary reports covering these readings each week. An evaluation by the student is submitted in the final week. *PSY 101 INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY 2 Credits This course, designed as an introductory psychology course, consists of such topics as learning theory, memory and intelligence, attitudes, motivation, personality, developmental theory and therapy. *PSY 201 ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY 2 Credits Human relations in organizations are the focus of this course, directed at helping students to understand themselves and how they influence the behavior of others. Interpersonal communications, differences in values and attitudes, coping with change and stress, and conflict management are among the topics studied 74
Source: Lansdale School of Business's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 59
