The Associate of Applied Science Degree in Paralegal Law provides you with the training and skills you need for an important job in today's busy legal profession.
Paralegals work directly under the supervision of an attorney.
To help prepare a case for trial, Paralegals often investigate the facts of the case, conduct research, and assist in the final report used by the attorney to decide how the case should be handled. The Paralegal may assist in the preparation of legal agreements, draft pleadings to be filed with the court, obtain affidavits, and assist the attorney during the trial. The computer has become as commonplace in today's legal office as its law books. Computer software packages are increasingly used to search legal literature, stored in the computer or available online on the Internet, to identify legal texts relevant to a specific subject. At Tidewater Tech you will do legal research not only using the traditional legal library, but also using the most popular online legal databases in the country putting you on the cutting edge of legal technology.