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Paralegalism Career Overview
Students learn about the role of the paralegal and what it takes to become one. Paralegals can assist lawyers in the delivery of many basic services. A paralegal’s general knowledge about the American Legal System and specific knowledge about civil and criminal law can make the paralegal can enhance a paralegal”s value in the workplace. Gaining an overview of the law as well as learning about this course can provide students with insight about this fast-growing area of the law. For this Basic Completion course, students have 24/7 access to on-line testing materials.
Legal Research and Writing
This course guides students on how to do legal research and writing. Through legal research, a researcher can develop a more sophisticated understanding of law, by referring to codes, legal treatises, and legal encyclopedia, among others. Navigating through that data, however, requires a systematic and practical approach. By gathering appropriate information, analyzing it, and drawing conclusions from the analysis, a researcher can best serve the interests of the client. For this Basic Completion course, students have 24/7 access to on-line testing materials. Each chapter of text in a course has twenty questions, multiple choice, true-false or a combination thereof.
Ethics and the Law
This course focuses on the ethics involved in the practice of law. Attorneys and paralegals need to engage in ethical behavior, because of the duties they owe to their clients and to the legal system. They have access to clients” information or property or to information disclosed with an expectation of confidentiality. Therefore, attorneys and paralegals need to appreciate the degree to which they have a duty to act so as best to serve a client’s interests and to advance the interests of justice. For this Basic Completion course, students have 24/7 access to on-line testing materials. Each chapter of text in a course has twenty questions, multiple choice, true-false or a combination thereof.
Property, Regulation and Commercial Paper
This course focuses on property interests, the impact of government regulations and how to create and use negotiable instruments. To allow for the more orderly transfer of legal interests, societies have created laws that describe the different types of interests and how to transfer such interests. For this Basic Completion course, students have 24/7 access to on-line testing materials. Each chapter of text in a course has twenty questions, multiple choice, true-false or a combination thereof.
Business Organizations and the Law
Learn about different business organizations and the criteria that defines their operations. By allowing for the creation of different kinds of business organizations, society ensures that different kinds of businesses can exist to meet the different demands of the marketplace. These business organizations may appoint individuals to act on their behalf. They also must abide by certain minimal standards regarding working conditions. For this Basic Completion course, students have 24/7 access to on-line testing materials. Each chapter of text in a course has twenty questions, multiple choice, true-false or a combination thereof.
Contract Law
Contracts form the primary basis for commercial activity in society. Learn the A-Z basics of contract law. By creating rules about what constitutes contracts (basic contract law), society describes those agreements that help a society to conduct business. Specialized rules apply to sales and lease contracts. For this Basic Completion course, students have 24/7 access to on-line testing materials. Each chapter of text in a course has twenty questions, multiple choice, true-false or a combination thereof.
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