Legal Studies Department

PLAN OF STUDY                                  
(Legal Assisting)
 
FIRST QUARTER ENGL 101  Beginning Composition           G    3
OADM 131  Typing I or
OADM 164  WP for Windows I                B    3
LAWE 104  Government and the Law          T    3
LEGL 101  Intro. to Legal Assisting       T    4
LEGL 102  The Legal System                T    2
LEGL 103  Law Office Procedures Mgmt.     T    3
TOTAL                                         18
SECOND QUARTER ENGL 102  Essay & Research                G    3
MATH 101  Business Mathematics            B    5
CPT  101  Computer Literacy I             T    4
LEGL 111  Legal Research & Writing I      T    3
LEGL 114  Family Law                      T    3
TOTAL                                         18
THIRD QUARTER ENGL 200  Business Communications         G    3
SOC  101  Introduction to Sociology       B    5
LEGL 112  Legal Research & Writing II     T    4
LEGL 119  Real Estate Transactions        T    3
LEGL 226  Administrative Law              T    3
TOTAL                                         18
FORTH QUARTER COMM 105  Speech or
COMM 110  Conf. & Group Discussion        G    3
HUM  1xx  HUM 111, 112, 113, 151 or 152   G    5
LEGL 205  Litigation Pract. & Proc. I     T    3
LEGL 201  General Practice                T    4
LEGL 210  Criminal Law & Proc.            T    3
TOTAL                                         18
FIFTH QUARTER NSCI 101  Natural Science I               G    5
PSY  100  Introduction to Psychology      B    5
LEGL 251  Comp. Asst. Legal Research      T    2
LEGL 215  L.A. Practicum I                T    2
LEGL 216  L.A. Practicum Seminar I        T    1
TOTAL                                         15
SIXTH QUARTER
 
 

 

LEGL 224  Probate Law & Practice          T    3
LEGL 220  Business Organizations          T    3
xxx  xxx  Elective's)                     T    5
LEGL 227  L.A. Practicum II               T    2
LEGL 228  L.A. Practicum Seminar II       T    1
TOTAL                                         14
RECOMMENDED ELECTIVES

Recommended electives
range in credit hours
of 2 to 5.  One 5 hour
elective will satisfy
the elective requirement.

LEGL 113  Legal Research & Writing III    T    5
LEGL 230  Special Problems in Legal
          Assisting                       T    2
LEGL 234  Litigation II                   T    3
LEGL 238  Insurance Law                   T    3
LEGL 240  Professional Malpractice        T    3
LEGL 243  Alternative Dispute Resolution  T    3
LEGL 232  Taxation                        T    3
LEGL 244  Debtor/Creditor Relations        T    3
LEGL 252  Survey of Advanced Legal
          Technology (CALR II)            T    2
LEGL 253  Legal Assisting Law Journal     T    2

LAWE 220  Constitutional Law              T    3

ACCT 101  Financial Accounting            T    4
ACCT 102  Managerial Accounting           T    3
ACCT 111  Principles of Accounting I      T    5
ACCT 112  Principles of Accounting II     T    5

   LEGL 261, LEGL 262, LEGL 264, AND LEGL 265 are not electives
   for legal assisting, credit toward graduation will not be given.
 

GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS   G = General Education
  B = Basic Education
  T = Technical Education

  Total General Education (A)         22 hours
  Total Basic Education (B)        24 hours
  Total Non-Technical Education (A+B)           46 hours
  Total Technical Education                      55 hours
  TOTAL CREDITS                                101 hours
 

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