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The Paralegal Continuing Education Certificate
from: Kyle BesserA paralegal or legal assistant is a person qualified by education, training or work experience who can be employed or retained by a lawyer, law office, corporation, governmental agency or other entity to perform specifically delegated substantive legal work for which a lawyer is responsible. A paralegal is limited in what tasks they can perform.
A paralegal cannot represent a client in a trial or accept a case. A paralegal cannot also give legal advice. In short, a paralegal cannot perform functions that are considered as practice of law.
The paralegal performs some duties of the attorney such as conducting an interview with the client, locating witnesses, conducting investigations, legal research, drafting legal documents, correspondence and pleadings under the supervision of an attorney.
To become a certified paralegal or Certified Legal Assistant (CLA), he or she must complete requirements such as graduating from a paralegal certificate program that is approved by the ABA, an associate degree program, a paralegal post-baccalaureate certificate program, or a paralegal certificate program with 60 semester hours of which at least 15 semester hours are substantive legal courses.
You can also be a paralegal if you have any bachelor's degree plus one year of experience as a legal assistant with a completion of at least 15 semester hours or substantive legal assistant courses. Another alternative is to have a high school diploma or equivalent to seven years experience as a legal assistant under the supervision of a member of the Bar.
If an individual want to become a paralegal through a paralegal continuing education certificate program, many educational institutions are offering a paralegal continuing education certificate program as a professional course. Paralegal continuing education certification is aimed to prepare future paralegal certificate program holders in paralegal career.
The paralegal continuing education certificate programs of some institutions are focused on practical skills and research while other paralegal continuing education certificate programs are focused on classroom lectures. Some paralegal continuing education certificate programs can be acquired online.
Institutions give paralegal continuing education certificate programs which covers the following topics:
Legal Research
Legal Writing and Reasoning
Technology and the Paralegal
Real Estate
Corporate Law
Litigation
Probate.
Some offer the paralegal continuing education certificate program upon completion of:
Introduction to Law for Paralegals
Legal Research and Writing
Civil Procedure
Torts
Contract Law
Criminal Law and Procedure
Although it varies from institution to institution paralegal continuing education certificate programs should be based on the paralegal continuing education certificate program approved by the American Bar Association. A grade not lower than C should also be maintained to attain the paralegal degree.
Admission depends on the institution offering paralegal certificate program. Some recommend a bachelor's degree or at least completing 60 semester credit hours, or equivalent, of general education courses for one of any accredited colleges or universities in the country, while some institutions offering the paralegal continuing education certificate program accepts applicants which have achieved at least 3.0 GPA.
Either way, entering a paralegal continuing education certificate program is a good start in achieving a career in the field that needs a lot of dedication, patience, and discipline, that of a paralegal.
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