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PLG115

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Law Firm Experience

Paralegal StudiesSchool of Legal Studies & Social Services

Learning Objectives

Course Learning Objective

Program Objective

College-Wide Competency

Place a telephone conference call.

1

2

Send a letter by certified mail.

1

5

Demonstrate the proper procedure for answering and placing a telephone call in an office setting, along with the ability to record a proper message.

2, 4

2

Compose and send e-mail messages that are appropriate to an office setting.

2

2

Use a docket (calendar) control system.

1, 4

1

Track of billable and non-billable time in a diary and transfer that time to a timesheet and a computerized system.

1

1

Properly format legal documents, letters, and memoranda.

1

1

Locate information on the Internet and other sources while evaluating for credibility.

1

6

Define and explain the terminology in Contract Law, Domestic Relations Law, Real Estate Law, Estates and Trusts, Bankruptcy Law, and various other areas of law, as well as drafting of basic documents related to various areas of law.

3

6