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.
Students probate a simple estate.
Use of the appropriate indexes and documents in the appropriate city and county offices is discussed. This course includes the application of substantive knowledge in a practical situation as a paralegal.