The legal profession continues to grow. As a paralegal, you could work for a large private law firm; a public agency, such as the Department of the Attorney General or the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency, or the courts; or in a small office with one or two lawyers. Good paralegals are in high demand.
Our Paralegal associate degree program is designed to provide students with the knowledge and skills required to be practicing paralegals in law firms, government agencies, corporations and the courts.
As a student in our Paralegal program, you’ll learn to effectively and accurately use legal terminology, principles and procedures; conduct legal research; draft briefs, memoranda and pleadings using proper legal formatting; prepare a case for trial; carry out tasks under the supervision of a lawyer; and much more.
Our Paralegal associate degree program is designed to provide students with the knowledge and skills required to be practicing paralegals in law firms, government agencies, corporations and the courts.
The Paralegal program is approved by the American Bar Association (ABA). Non-attorneys may not provide legal services directly to the public, except as permitted by law. The ABA approval requires that nine (9) credit hours of legal specialty courses be taken in the traditional (face-to-face) format.
As required by the ABA, LGS135, LGS140, LGS230, and LGS280 may not be replaced with transfer credits unless the transferred courses were taken in a traditional classroom format.
A minor in legal studies is available to any student outside the paralegal associate and legal studies bachelor’s programs.
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