Paralegal (Associate's)

Join a profession that is ranked among the fastest-growing occupations in the united states! There is a growing need for legal assistants and 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.

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