Paralegal

This course provides an opportunity for students to explore current events in the industry. Topics include issues, trends, legislation, and ethics within the student's chosen field.

This course presents the role of paralegals in the legal system, introduces paralegal skills, and explores career opportunities. It highlights the ethical and professional guidelines that govern the paralegal field. It also introduces the sources of law, an overview of courts, and alternative dispute resolution systems.

This course presents the role of paralegals in the civil litigation process including alternative dispute resolution. It gives students instruction on basic legal research and writing, drafting documents and pleadings, and electronic filing.

This course provides the paralegal student with an introduction to the types and functions of technology in the legal field, providing them with knowledge of and access to commonly used software.

This course introduces future paralegals to all facets of contract preparation, including ethical, practical, and professional issues. Students practice drafting contracts for equipment, real estate, and business sales, while reviewing current case law, completing critical thinking assignments involving attorney briefings and legal cases.

This course expands the skills of the paralegal student in performing legal research and writing, emphasizing case briefing and legal analysis. It provides students with experience using research tools and search engines available in the legal field.

This course provides students with an understanding of the nature, formation and regulation of business organizations. Students will not only learn fundamental applications of business law, but also will be able to put those basics into practice after reading a multitude of real-world examples and performing several skill assessment activities.

This course provides a basic understanding of personal injury, wrongful death, professional malpractice, and civil rights litigation. Students develop skills in applying law to fact patterns as well as utilizing rules of state and federal civil procedure.

This course focuses on the paralegal's role in a family law practice and the opportunity to develop practical skills for family law practice paralegals. Topics include fundamental concepts of family law, including jurisdictional issues, paternity issues, adoption, formal and informal marriages, divorce, annulment, marital property, and the parent-child relationship with emphasis on the paralegal's role.

This course provides students with an understanding of the nature, formation, and regulation of business organizations. Students will also gain an understanding of contractual relationships, applicable laws, and remedies.

This course involves the study of both substantive and procedural criminal law, the different stages of the criminal process from the prospect of both prosecution and defense. Topics include the classifications and elements of state and federal crimes, constitutional civil rights, procedural and evidentiary rules, criminal trial litigation preparation.

This course provides additional practice and application in legal research and writing. Students will be expected to complete legal writing assignments utilizing more advanced legal analysis skills and based on state-specific laws.

In this course, students will delve into the art of legal research, learning to navigate statutes, regulations, and case law. Through practical exercises, participants will hone their legal writing skills, mastering the drafting of legal documents including memoranda and appellate briefs. Students will learn how to use research resources (electronic and physical) and engage in legal analyses to draft relevant legal writings.  Emphasis will be placed on research efficiency using effective search strategies and writing in both objective and persuasive ways.

The course provides instruction and application on using research resources (electronic and physical) to draft legal writings including legal memoranda and appellate briefs. Emphasis will be placed on research efficiency using effective search strategies and writing in both objective and persuasive ways.

This course covers the paralegal role in consumer and business bankruptcy proceedings as well as in commercial litigation.

This course provides students with an understanding of property law including real estate property, wills, estates, and probate. The course focuses students on the practical skills needed to prepare and file related court documents. The handling of probate litigation and will contests from the perspective of the paralegal is also emphasized.

This course is designed to provide students with practical experience in preparing detailed pleadings, pre-trial motions, and discovery requests in addition to deposition preparation. The role of the paralegal in alternative dispute resolution is also explored. This class will provide an opportunity for students to develop advanced skills relating to trial preparation and presentation in the electronic courtroom. Students in this class will use software applications in Bryan University's E-Discovery Lab for Software, Simulation, and Applications (ELSSA).

This course assists students with preparation for industry-standard certifications. The course includes drills that help prepare students for the format and content of the certification exams.

This course is designed to provide students with practical experience using the knowledge that they have gained in the program. Students will have the opportunity to prepare detailed pleadings, draft pre-trial motions, and write discovery requests in addition to learning about deposition preparation. This class additionally explores the role of paralegals in alternative dispute resolution and provides them with a chance to develop their skills relating to trial preparation and presentation in the electronic courtroom.

A practical demonstration of ability to apply professional and ethical guidelines, ability to use Microsoft Office, ability to draft key legal documents as well as to perform a conflict of interest.

A practical demonstration of ability to perform relevant e-discovery tasks in a simulated environment using relevant e-discovery software, including but not limited to rules of evidence as related to electronically stored data.

A practical demonstration of proficiency in legal office management software as well as the ability to perform witness, exhibit and attorney preparations for trial.