Paralegal / Legal Studies

A paralegal is a person, qualified by education, training or work experience who is employed or retained by a lawyer, law office, corporation, governmental agency or other entity and who performs specifically delegated substantive legal work for which a lawyer is responsible.

Legal tasks typically performed by a paralegal include:

• evaluating cases
• conducting client and witness interviews
• drafting court pleadings and motions
• performing legal research
• preparing legal documents, such as contracts, wills, and deeds
• managing and organizing case files
• helping attorneys prepare for trials and hearings. 

The mission of our program is to rigorously prepare future paralegals to provide professional support services to the legal community in a competent, diligent, and ethical manner.