Paralegal (Associate)

Join a profession that is expected to grow much faster than the average among employment for all industries. There is a growing need for paralegals in the legal profession.*

They continue to assume a growing range of tasks and perform many of the same jobs as lawyers.

The program prepares future legal assistants and paralegals to carry out tasks such as:

• Researching Legal Issues
• Drafting Legal Documents
• Preparing Pleadings
• Summarizing Document
• Organizing Trial Notebooks
• Interviewing Client

Learn fundamental knowledge about the formation of contracts, breach of contracts, and remedies for the breach of contracts. become familiar with the terminology, policies and procedures applied to: estate planning, wills, trusts, estate taxes, estate sales, and joint tenancy.

The associate in science degree in legal assistant/paralegal provides you with the skills to interview, gather, review, and analyze factual situations; research the law; prepare and interpret legal documents; conduct day-to-day operations of a legal office.

Paralegals may not provide legal services directly to the public, except as permitted by law.

*Source: www.bls.gov/oco/ocos114.htm