Legal Studies
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Goal
GOAL 1 Graduates will demonstrate ethical and service-oriented behaviors in the legal profession working under direct attorney supervision, resulting in exceptional and effective assistance to attorneys, judges, and other legal organizations.
Learning Outcomes
1. Students will demonstrate professional interaction with all parties in the internship setting.
2. Students will demonstrate the cannons of professional responsibility within the profession.
2. Students will demonstrate the cannons of professional responsibility within the profession.
Goal
GOAL 2 Graduates will demonstrate legal professionals’ research, writing, and documentation skills, resulting in exceptional and effective assistance to attorneys, judges, and other legal organizations.
Learning Outcomes
1. Students will perform legal research in the library and online while stressing the fundamentals of legal analysis and writing, citation checking, and verification of authority.
2. Students will research, analyze, and apply both federal and state codes, both civil and criminal, to a variety of fact patterns and will further be able to apply and analyze rules of evidence as they apply to those fact patterns.
2. Students will research, analyze, and apply both federal and state codes, both civil and criminal, to a variety of fact patterns and will further be able to apply and analyze rules of evidence as they apply to those fact patterns.
Goal
GOAL 3 Graduates will demonstrate knowledge in the areas of civil, family, probate, administrative, and business law, resulting in exceptional and effective assistance to attorneys, judges, and other legal organizations.
Learning Outcomes
1. Students will develop the skills necessary to work on a variety of civil & family law issues under direct attorney supervision, including drafting appropriate documentation, managing case files, and conducting case specific research.
2. Students will develop the skills necessary to work on a variety of administrative and business law issues under direct attorney supervision, including drafting appropriate documentation, managing case files, and conducting case specific research.
3. Students will develop the skills necessary to work on a variety of probate law issues under direct attorney supervision, including drafting appropriate documentation, managing case files, and conducting case specific research.
2. Students will develop the skills necessary to work on a variety of administrative and business law issues under direct attorney supervision, including drafting appropriate documentation, managing case files, and conducting case specific research.
3. Students will develop the skills necessary to work on a variety of probate law issues under direct attorney supervision, including drafting appropriate documentation, managing case files, and conducting case specific research.
Goal
GOAL 4 Graduates will demonstrate knowledge of the legal environment and understanding of the roles of the profession.
Learning Outcomes
1. Students will describe and define the roles of the legal assistant (also referred to as paralegal) in the legal profession through mastering legal terminology, reviewing basic legal research and developing professional ethics.
2. Students will perform routine tasks involved in managing a law office, including managing case files, software, billing, and ethical considerations.
2. Students will perform routine tasks involved in managing a law office, including managing case files, software, billing, and ethical considerations.