PARALEGAL CERTIFICATE COURSE

This Paralegal Certificate Course will teach you how to work as a full-time or part-time paralegal, or how to open your own freelance business. This intensive, nationally acclaimed curriculum is designed for beginning as well as advanced legal workers. Students will be trained to interview witnesses, investigate complex fact patterns, research the law, prepare legal documents, 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. Successful graduates of both Paralegal I & Paralegal II will be awarded a Certificate of Completion from Crowder College.

Course Synopsis: Paralegal I:
Introduction to Paralegal Studies provides the foundation for the study of Paralegalism. During this first session, you will gain a detailed understanding of the American legal system, legal terminology, and ethics. You will learn how to prepare pleadings, discovery, motions, and briefs and will review the rules of evidence and civil procedure.

Paralegal II:
Advanced Paralegal Concepts continues the legal education developed in Paralegal I. You will learn the advanced skills of legal research, writing, and proper citation format. You will also be instructed how to prepare legal documents relating to real property, corporations, partnerships, wills, trusts, bankruptcy, and domestic relations, and you will study formal and informal advocacy techniques and principles of appellate procedure.

There is no prerequisite other than a high school diploma.
This class is offered as an online course.
Course Fees: Tuition for the course is $544.50 for Paralegal I and $544.50 for Paralegal II or $1089 for both. Tuition does not include books.

March 3---April 18th
April 28th ----June 13th
June 23rd----August 8th
August 18th ---October 3rd

For more information on Crowder's Community Education classes,
contact Nellrena Boman, email, 417-455-5499
FAX: 417-455-5539