The program is designed for those who aspire to positions and job opportunities that offer new challenges where personal effort is readily recognized. Intense drill and practice sessions are used to help increase keyboard speed and reduce errors, allowing each student to feel competent with their typing skills. Students are introduced to the basic concepts and functions of word processing while developing a comfortable working relationship with both standard word processing operations and the microcomputer. Graduates of the program are qualified to assist attorneys in private or corporate practice in addition to working in numerous industries where specialized legal skills are needed, such as government, insurance, and real estate. Legal terminology is presented, building a foundation of the common terms used in the legal field.
Students practice transcribing the terms from machine dictation.
Introductory courses are offered in Civil Procedures, Family Law, and Contract Law. Wills, trusts, estate taxes, estate sales, joint tenancy, and judicial determination of death are some other areas offered in the program. Students receive an overview of the various criminal procedures as applied by the courts, particularly the United States Supreme Court. Medical Assistants also prepare patients for examinations and treatments, which includes taking vital signs, giving medications, sterilizing instruments, performing EKG's, CBC's, urinalysis, pregnancy tests, and other clinical and laboratory tests and procedures. Students study the structure of the human body and its parts including relationships, functions, and disease processes of the skeletal, muscular, nervous, cardiovascular, and reproductive systems.