This course is an in-depth study of the Uniform Commercial Code, with special emphasis on the essentials of Article 3, Commercial Paper, and Article 9, Secured Transactions. Business partnerships and corporations and their formation are studied. This course is a study of the methods of legal research, proper citation of authority and the use of legal treatises, texts, reporters and digests. This course introduces students to the techniques of procedures of legal writing and analysis. This course provides a general introduction to law, including courts, legal terminology, procedures, systems and laws of society.
Emphasis is on ethics and the role of the paralegal in the legal system.
This course is a study of the history of workers' compensation case laws, statutes and regulations, and procedures in handling claims. This course includes an examination of the laws of marriage, divorce, annulment, separation, adoption, custody and the juvenile. Students are introduced to techniques and procedures for title examination and examining titles to land. This course includes methods, techniques and procedures for the research and preparation of legal memoranda, trial and appellate briefs, and trial notebooks. This course includes a detailed study of testacy and intestacy, preparation of wills and codicils, and fundamentals of trust and probate administration.