This dual-diploma program consists of the following 10 specialized courses offered consecutively for 36 school weeks. Special sections cover notary public licensing preparation and basic proofreading. Students learn the procedures and forms required for successful incorporation under New York and other state laws. Special section teaches students how to draft certificates of incorporation and other related documents.
Students learn the types and elements of contracts encountered in everyday legal practice.
In real estate law, students examine the types of real property ownership, easements, covenants, foreclosure, and the landlord tenant relationship. Emphasis on buying, selling, and leasing of residential, coop, condo and commercial real estate. Special section on the legal assistant's role in real estate closings. Students analyze the legal concepts of intentional torts to persons and property, negligence and special duties, strict liability, defamation, slander, invasion of privacy, nuisance, fraud, as well as the various defenses associated with each of these torts. Special emphasis on New York's Workers' Compensation Law and medical malpractice litigation support.