Students examine case studies and prepare matrimonial pleadings, agreements, and pre-trial memoranda. Topics include conveyancing, forms, and the theory and practice of real estate transactions. Sample cases are used to illustrate the legal assistant's role in real property conveyance. Landlord-tenant laws and eviction procedures are also discussed. Topics include intestacy, wills, probate, federal and state taxes, accounting, and distribution of assets.
Students learn to draft wills and prepare inheritance tax forms.
Topics include initial client interview, preparation of complaint and answer, the discovery process, trial preparation, the legal assistant's role during trial, and the appeals process. This course is an introduction to the legal research process and legal writing. Topics include research techniques, an introduction to computer assisted legal research, writing office memorandums, motions, legal briefs, and maintaining a law library. This course is an in-depth study of the civil and criminal Rules of Court for the New Jersey Court System. Topics include pleadings, depositions, interrogatories, summary judgement, motions, appellate practice, and rules of evidence.