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4| Program Overview:

About the Program:

Program Description and Outcomes

Description Outcomes

The Program, through a skill-building and ➢ Applying ethics rules in
developmental approach that emphasizes the legal environment
application-based, incremental learning, ➢ Navigating procedural
prepares participants to transition from the rules for case
classroom to the legal community with a management and
comprehensive knowledge base for work as compliance
paralegals within legal and ethical ➢ Conducting electronic
parameters. Emphasis is placed on legal research using Lexis
foundational skill development. A building and Westlaw
block learning approach is taken, with focus
on legal terminology, sources of law, legal ➢ Constructing legal
research techniques, and legal writing analysis based on law
interpretation
strategies applied to core paralegal
functions and fourteen specific substantive ➢ Drafting legal documents
law areas. Skill sets are developed in the ➢ Using legal technology
core areas of law office technology and ➢ Exploring key components
operations, and administrative support for all of fourteen substantive
stages of the legal process. Participants areas of law
apply skills in progressive drafting ➢ Demonstrating
assignments, using multiple hypothetical fundamental and
clients, culminating in a Virtual Clients File substantive specific
ePortfolio of work to showcase abilities. skillsets associated with
career readiness

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