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General law and legal issues

School: Globe University and Minnesota School of Business
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Ethics for the Law Office
Course Format: Classroom
This course is a concentrated study of legal ethics from the perspective of the paralegal. It considers the study of ethical situations, rules and model codes of the legal profession, conflict of interest, client confidentiality and other ethical dilemmas. The course presents a concrete, practical approach to ethical challenges.
 

Legal Writing
Course Format: Classroom
Students review writing basics, including punctuation, capitalization, grammar and correct formatting of correspondence and legal documents. The course incorporates fundamentals of legal writing and analysis of cases. Students learn to prepare professional legal correspondence, legal case briefs and other written legal documents.
 

Contracts
Course Format: Classroom
This course provides an in-depth analysis of law pertaining to contracts, including contract formation, resolution, breach, defenses and the Uniform Commercial Code. Students complete research projects, using the law library and Westlaw to draft simple contracts.
 

Law Offices Procedures and Technology
Course Format: Classroom
This course familiarizes students with practical inner workings of a law office. Topics include office organization, legal terminology, fees and billing procedures, scheduling and calendaring, preparation and maintenance of case files, preparation of law office forms, and an introduction to a variety of legal-specific software applications.
 

American Legal Systems
Course Format: Classroom
This course analyzes the function and workings of American courts; their influence on politics and society; the roles of judges, courts and lawyers; and the concept of law as a coherent system. Students incorporate current legal events as they examine and debate the fundamental history, structure, and jurisprudential cornerstones of the American modern legal system.
 

Criminal Law and Procedure
Course Format: Classroom
This course prepares students to perform paralegal support functions in criminal litigation. Students investigate substantive criminal law including categories, elements and defenses of crimes, procedural criminal law, the criminal legal process and constitutional considerations.
 

Torts
Course Format: Classroom
This course prepares students to perform paralegal support functions in personal injury and other tort litigation. Students learn underlying social policies, elements and defenses for actions in negligence, intentional tort and strict liability cases. They also learn how to analyze potential liability in a wide number of factual situations.
 

Real Estate Law
Course Format: Classroom
This course covers concepts of the law of real property, including types of estates and ownership, encumbrances, recording and registration, title examination, financing agency and rental. Students learn to prepare documents such as liens, leaseholds and joint ownership that transfer title and create property interests, and study in detail the documents and processes involved in real estate clo...
 

Paralegal Studies
Course Format: Classroom
This is an overview of the paralegal profession, its job requirements, career opportunities and the legal and ethical constraints on its practice. It also covers typical work responsibilities and various employment settings for the paralegal.
 

Legal Terminology
Course Format: Classroom
This is a concentrated study of terminology used in the legal process. Students learn the proper use of legal terminology through reading and practice. Legal terms are spelled, defined and applied to real situations that occur in the legal field.
 

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