This makes the 11th consecutive year a UT team has placed in the national competition. In addition to quality classes in a traditional setting, beginning with Spring semester 1998, the Program began offering selected courses over the Internet. Our two-year program which is American Bar Association approved and an Ohio Board of Regents Program of Excellence, is designed to give students a broad background in many different areas of the law. The program was designated as a National Demonstration Program by the American Association of Community and Junior Colleges, and serves as a model for paralegal programs across the nation. The four-year bachelor program is American Bar Association approved, and Ohio Board of Regents approval is pending.
Students can gain greater specification in many areas by electing advanced specialty courses.
Because program faculty are practicing attorneys and judges, legal specialty courses are, for the most part, offered only in the evening. General and business courses are offered day and night. Approximately 50 percent of the two-year graduates continue their education at the baccalaureate level. Many have matriculated into law school and become attorneys. The Department Chair is an attorney and former paralegal with over ten years of legal experience and over ten years of experience in paralegal education.