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LEGAL ASSISTING (PARALEGAL)<br />

Program of Studies Leading to the A.A.S. Degree<br />

The Legal Assisting Program prepares a student for a career as a legal assistant in law<br />

firms, insurance companies, title companies, government agencies and large corporations.<br />

As a two-year recommended program of studies, the Legal Assisting curriculum combines<br />

liberal arts courses with law courses to provide a generalist legal assistant.<br />

First Year<br />

First Semester Sem.-Hrs. Second Semester Sem.-Hrs.<br />

* ENG 101 - English Composition 3 BUS 262 - Business Law II 3<br />

BUS 261 - Business Law I 3 RET 107 - Real Estate Law 3<br />

* SPE 125 - Fundamentals of Speech 3 LAP 102 - Legal Writing 3<br />

***Mathematics Elective 3 LAP 206 - Civil Litigation 3<br />

LAP 100 - Intro. Paralegal Studies 3 CIS 110 - Introduction to Microcomputers<br />

LAP 101 - Legal Research 3 with Microsoft Office<br />

** OMT 119 - Typing 1 * Health and Physical Education 1<br />

19 16<br />

Second Year<br />

First Semester Sem.-Hrs. Second Semester Sem.-Hrs.<br />

* Humanities or History Elective 3 * Science Elective 3<br />

ACC 111 - Principles of Accounting 3 LAP 202 - Estate Law 3<br />

MAT 107 - Basic Statistics or LAP 203 - Corporate Law 3<br />

BUS 107 - Mathematics of Finance 3 LAP 204 - Bankruptcy Law 3<br />

LAP 201 - Tort and Criminal Law 3 LAP 279 - Legal Assisting Internship 3<br />

* Social Science Elective 15<br />

(other than History) 3<br />

LAP 205 - Family Law 3<br />

18<br />

* Required General Education Courses.<br />

** Required if no typing experience exists.<br />

*** Required — MAT 105 Intermediate Algebra<br />

LEGAL ASSISTING CURRICULUM<br />

Communications ....................................... 6 credits (ENG 101 and SPE 125)<br />

Humanities or History Elective ............... 3 credits<br />

Social Science .............................................. 3 credits (other than History)<br />

Science Elective .......................................... 3 credits<br />

Mathematics ............................................... 6 credits (MAT Elective and MAT 107 or BUS 107)<br />

Business .............................................. 15/16 credits (including ACC 111, CIS 110, RET 107)<br />

Legal Assisting ......................................... 30 credits<br />

Health and Physical Education or<br />

EMS 207 .................................................... ____________ 1 credit<br />

TOTAL 67/68 credits<br />

148

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