Using modern, colorful texts, teaching aids and a specially designed manual, students will learn the skills paralegals use to identify legal issues, research relevant law, and apply the law to factual problems. Legal terminology, legal writing, legal research, and civil and criminal procedure will be covered. Legal writing skills will be developed in a practical manner from initial demand letter through motion and pleading practice. The course is geared toward Nevada practice and procedure. Methods of instruction include lecture, discussion and multimedia presentations.
Classes require extensive reading and preparation between sessions.
The Honorable Steven R. Kosach has been a State District Judge in Washoe County, Nevada, for the past 10 years. He is a graduate of the University of Nevada, Reno and the University of the Pacific's McGeorge School of Law. A member of the Nevada and California Bars, he spent 18 years in private practice before he was elected to the bench in 1990. He was the Presiding Judge of the Second Judicial District Court in 1995. He has taught and administered paralegal programs for 20 years.