Paralegal Certificate Program
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Mark your Calendars!
Thursday, September 4, 2008;
Thursday, November 6, 2008;
Thursday, February 5, 2009;
Thursday, April 2, 2009; and
Thursday, June 4, 2009.
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Are you working in the legal field or looking to upgrade your skills?
Are you seeking a career change into the law field?
Then try UWSP Continuing Education's Paralegal Certificate Program Online!
HOW THE PROGRAM WORKS:
At the beginning of each course, students will access all of the lectures and study materials online and via email.
Additional individual tutoring will be furnished to each student during the course of the program as needed. Flexible scheduling allows you work at your own pace. Take individual courses to upgrade your skills or work toward
completing a certificate.
Courses may be taken in any order at the start of each class term. However, we recommend students take classes in
the order in which they are listed below. Start dates for all five classes are the first week of September, November, February, April and June and run for seven weeks each. The dates for the 2008-2009 school year are: Thursday,
September 4, 2008; Thursday, November 6, 2008; Thursday, February 5, 2009; Thursday, April 2, 2009; and
Thursday, June 4, 2009.
EARN A CERTIFICATE
A certificate of completion will be presented by UWSP to those who complete all five courses in the series. You are free to enroll in one or more individual classes, but will not receive a certificate until you have completed the five-course series.
IS THE PARALEGAL CAREER FOR YOU?
Paralegal, legal assistant, lawyer’s assistant are all titles used interchangeably to describe individuals who work with
attorneys and other professionals in the field of law. Our Paralegal Certificate Program is explained in this free
informational seminar online:
http://www.paralegalstudies.com/free_orientation.htm
Course Descriptions
PARALEGAL RESEARCH
This course presents an overview of entry-level paralegal research and writing tools. All students will access law resources
online and at the local library once a week for specific assignments. In addition, each student will write an office legal
memo using legal techniques and current rules of law applying the same to support a conclusion based upon the IRAC
reasoning technique. All work must be submitted online.
PARALEGAL JURISPRUDENCE
This course presents an overview of the paralegal profession including many of the more popular entry-level areas of legal
specialization (family, corporate, probate, real estate and many others). All students will be required to select and pursue
at least one specialty area and write a twelve-part report for substantive career development. Each student will also be
required to take weekly quizzes and a final exam online.
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PARALEGAL LITIGATION
This course presents an overview of litigation and trial support used by entry level practicing paralegals in daily procedural
work. All students will be required to visit a local court system and investigate the procedures of pre-trial, trial, post-trial
and appeals. In addition, each student will be asked to make a presentation of the court visit and complete a selected
deposition abstract online.
PARALEGAL MANAGEMENT
This course is an overview of the paralegal office manager at work. All students will be required to network/mentor with
an entry level, practicing paralegal in the field and acquire information on the organization of law firms, corporations and/
or government legal departments in order to complete a presentation for class. All quizzes and the final exam will be taken
online.
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PARALEGAL CAREER
This course presents an overview of paralegal job search/portfolio method and will help you identify special legal skills
that are part of your unique niche in the paralegal market. All students will be required to compose a 15-section paralegal
career portfolio and explore three job leads in a local law practice in order to complete a class presentation.