Students prepare Office Memorandum of Law in conformity with the requirements of such memoranda. Students will also prepare a Complaint and Bill of Particulars based on provided fact patterns. Offered spring or fall semester. Students learn to use the documents and forms utilized in closings on houses, cooperatives and condominiums. Students learn to draft, for use by an attorney, most of the documents needed in a real estate closing.
Students participate in a mock closing at the end of each semester.
Offered spring or fall semester. This course is an introduction to criminal law and procedure for paralegals. Emphasis will be placed on practical aspects of prosecuting and defending criminal law cases. For example, students will learn procedural steps from arrest to trial, but attention will also be given to the nature and origins of criminal law and the role of crime in American society today. The student will learn legal terminology, case analysis and briefing and will continue to develop writing skills.