Advanced Paralegal Applications Certificate

Your certificate consists of a step-by-step process through Advanced Paralegal Applications.

Here's how it works: Your course material will be sent immediately after your enrollment has been accepted. You will complete the following courses in the order indicated to earn your Advanced Paralegal Applications certificate.

PLS 114 - Investigations and Interview
Types of questions that can be used in an interview; identification of the objectives of
an interview; ethical considerations about interviewing; summarizing the information obtained through an interview.

PLS 121 - Torts
Principles of tort law that an attorney applies in a personal injury practice; the importance of the attorney-paralegal team in the practice of personal injury law; basics of the legal system, the practice of law, and legal analysis.

BUS 213 Business Law 1
American court practice and procedure; torts; employment law; international law; environmental law; contract law.

PLS 205 Civil Litigation
Use of the court system to resolve disputes; involvement of paralegals in litigation support, including discovery; alternative dispute resolution methods; how paralegals can develop their skills as arbitrators and/or mediators in these methods.

PLS211 Criminal Litigation
Introduction to the practice and theory of criminal law; substantive criminal law; criminal procedure; criminal responsibility; major felonies recognized in most if not all jurisdictions; constitutional dimensions of criminal procedure; practical aspects of the criminal justice process.

PLS 213 Family Law
Description of the current state of family law and the role of the attorney-paralegal team within it; changes in the practice of family law.

PLS 215 Real Estate Law
Introductory course in real property law; basics of real property law; areas of a modern real estate practice; preparation for assisting transactional real estate attorneys; legal forms used in real estate law.

PLS 217 Wills and Estates
Basic, practical, everyday duties of paralegals working in the fields of wills, trusts, and estate administration; terminology and general principles of law that are the basis for drafting wills and trusts; planning and administering estates

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