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Legal Assistant Associate
Degree Course of Study
Legal Assistant Certificate Course of Study
Testing out of BU 115
Mission Statement
This curriculum, which is approved by the American Bar Association, is
designed to prepare
students for careers as legal assistants in law offices, corporations and
public agencies. The legal assistant is a para-professional who,
under the supervision of an attorney, performs specifically delegated,
substantive, legal work that may ethically be performed by a
non-lawyer.
Legal assistants, or paralegals (the terms are
interchangeable), are in heavy demand in the Northeast and throughout the
United States. They perform specifically delegated legal work under
the supervision of an attorney. They are deeply involved in
substantive legal proceedings, up to the point that the work may be
ethically performed by individuals who are not lawyers.
Students are provided a general background in the major
fields of law that is practiced in legal offices. Students are
trained to prepare documents, such as probate forms, title searches and
closing documents, pleadings and discovery proceedings, legal memoranda
and corporate filings and minutes. Skilled legal assistants are in
high demand and can help attorneys operate more efficiently and
economically.
Students wishing to enter NCC's Legal Assistant Program must have strong
verbal and English writing skills. Students must be eligible for EN
101 to register for any other Legal Assistant courses. Students who
successfully complete this program will be awarded an Associate in Science
Degree.
Legal Assistant Associate
Degree Course of Study
NCC's Legal Assistant Certificate Program is designed for students
who already have Associate Degrees or higher (with a minimum of 18 liberal
arts credits). The program requires 30 credit hours of study and
leads to a certificate for those who successfully complete their studies.
To learn more about the Legal Assistant Program, please
call either the Admissions Office at (203) 857-7060 or the Coordinator at
(203) 857-7152.
Legal Assistant
Certificate Course of Study
All NCC Legal Assistant Program are members of this student club,
which arranges yearly trips to the US Supreme Court, sponsors seminars and
symposia on current issues, and provides a network for social and job
placement opportunities. The Legal Assistant Society is a member of
the Connecticut Association of Paralegals.
Link to Legal Assistant
Society
For additional information, please contact Professor
Tom Jackson in Room 704d on the West Campus, call him at (203) 857-7152 or
e-mail him at
tjackson@ncc.commnet.edu
or see Professor Lia Barone in Room W 704d, call her at 857-7333 or e-mail
her at
lbarone@ncc.commnet.edu
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