(Utica, NY) In any economy, certified applicants for paralegal positions remain in demand. To help students keep pace with this job market, Mohawk Valley Community College is offering a six-week Paralegal Certificate Course© designed to provide participants direct access into the workforce.
This intensive, nationally acclaimed program is designed for both beginning and advanced legal workers. Students will learn how to assist trial attorneys, interview witnesses, investigate complex fact patterns, research the law, and assist in preparing cases for courtroom litigation. The instruction is practice-oriented and relates to those areas of the law in which paralegals are most in demand.
Students must have a high school diploma (or GED) and be prepared to complete a significant amount of homework each week. This program can help students increase their office’s efficiency, productivity, and billable hours as well as learn new marketable job skills. Upon passing numerous quizzes and successfully completing several legal document writing assignments, students will be awarded a Certificate of Completion through MVCC’s Center for Corporate and Community Education.
The spring 2010 session will be held March 23 through May 8. Live lecture classes will be held for six weeks on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6:00 p.m. – 9:30p.m., and Saturdays from 9 a.m. – 5p.m., on the Utica Campus. The instructors will be local legal professionals who have been certified by The Center for Legal Studies.
Course topics will include Legal Terminology, Documents, Ethics, and the Litigation
Process; Evidentiary Predicate; Identifying Relevant Authority; Legal Research; Legal Research Practice and Document Preparation; and Legal Writing and Appellate Procedure.
This paralegal program is coordinated in conjunction with The Center for Legal Studies, which currently offers this course at over 1,000 universities and colleges. Tuition for this course is $1,089 which does not include textbooks or WESTLAW access, an online legal research portal.
Enrollment is limited and will be taken on a first come basis. For information or to register, contact the Center for Legal Studies at 1-800-522-7737 or online at www.legalstudies.com.
All MVCC non-credit instruction is completely self-supporting, including indirect costs, and requires no public funding.
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