Paralegal

Associate in Public Service
Credit Requirements: 69 Semester Credit Hours

The Paralegal associate degree program prepares students to work under the direct supervision of an attorney to prepare legal documents, recommend solutions for procedural problems, and create and implement detailed office procedures for the efficient handling of specialized fields of law. This program has received approval from the American Bar Association.

Note: Please see course descriptions. Most LEG courses require completion of prerequisites, corequisites or advisor’s approval. Many LEG courses are offered only once each year, so following the recommended course sequence is very important. See your advisor prior to registration.

Recommended Sequence of Courses

First Semester - Fall
	CPT 101	Introduction to Computers	3
	ENG 101	English Composition I	3
	LEG 135	Introduction to Law and Ethics	3
	LEG 201	Civil Litigation I	3
	SPC 205	Public Speaking	3
or	SPC 209	Interpersonal Communication	3
Total 15
Second Semester - Spring
	ENG 102	English Composition II	3
	LEG 120	Torts	3
	LEG 132	Legal Bibliography	3
	ELE HIS	Select three credit hours from History Electives	3
	ELE SSC	Select three credit hours from Behavioral and Social Sciences Electives	3
Total 15
Third Semester - Summer
	BUS 121	Business Law I	3
	LEG 213	Family Law	3
	LEG 240	Claims Investigation	3
Total 9
Fourth Semester - Fall
	LEG 214	Property Law	3
	LEG 233	Wills, Trusts and Probate	3
*	LEG 242	Law Practice Workshop	3
	MAT 110	College Algebra	3
or	MAT 120	Probability and Statistics	3
or	MAT 155	Contemporary Mathematics	3
	ELE LEG	Select three credit hours from Paralegal Electives	3
Total 15
Fifth Semester - Spring
	CPT 179	Microcomputer Word Processing	3
	LEG 230	Legal Writing	3
	LEG 231	Criminal Law	3
or	LEG 234	Title Examination Procedures I	3
	ELE LEG	Select three credit hours from Paralegal Electives	3
	ELE SSC	Select three credit hours from Behavioral and Social Sciences Electives	3
Total 15

Students may select six credit hours from any college-level courses in the Catalog to be used
as electives except courses labeled nondegree credit, all 100-level courses, COL 103, COL 104,
COL 107, IDS 101, IDS 104 and ENG 150 or any course labeled nondegree credit in the course
descriptions. The following courses are strongly recommended by the department as electives:
BUS 123, ENG 170, CPT 172 and CPT 174.

*May be taken in Fall or Spring of second year, but not prior to that time

Students transferring credits into the Paralegal programs may only transfer five courses for LEG prefix course credit.