Topics include types of tenancies, Maryland law, Anne Arundel County law, the lease, security deposits and court proceedings dealing with residential landlord-tenant relationships. Topics include sources of law, locating statutory law and case law, research aids, shepardizing, use of West's Digest System, legal periodicals and proper citation forms. Presents basic techniques of legal writing with emphasis on clear, concise, organized legal documents. Students gain substantial writing practice drafting correspondence, office memoranda, persuasive memoranda, federal and state court complaints, answers and discovery documents. This course is a requirement for both the Paralegal Studies associate of applied sciences degree and the certificate.
Enrollment is limited.
Practical aspects of paralegal roles in this field will be emphasized. Topics include state and federal court systems, pleadings, court documents, discovery, trial, parties, judgments and attacks on judgments. Topics include intentional torts, negligent torts, defenses, joint tort feasors and strict liability. Topics include history of the legal profession, regulation of lawyers, professional discipline, lawyer-client relationship, lawyer competence, confidentiality, conflicts of interest and the adversary system. Practical aspects of the paralegal field will be emphasized.