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Key to Course Descriptions
Abbreviations
(C) City Campus
(N) North Campus
(S) South Campus
F Fall
S Spring
F/S Fall and Spring
SS Summer Session
F+ Offered every other Fall
S+ Offered every other Spring
N Non-Credit |
Course Descriptions by Curriculum
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PARALEGAL | | | | PA-200 | | INTRO TO PARALEGAL | | An introduction to the American legal system and the role of the paralegal therein. Units include an overview of the history and development of the common law and the substantive law of bailments, personal property, and torts. F/S (C) | | | | PA-210 | | LEGAL BIBLIOGRAPHY | | The various sources of the law are examined and differentiated as the tools of legal research are demonstrated and explained in the milieu of a functional law library. Current computer research techniques will also be taught .F/S (C) | | | | PA-220 | | LEGAL RESEARCH/WRITG | | By working on actual research projects and preparing legal memoranda, the student is instructed in the basic principles of legal research, including computerized research methods, and in the style of legal writing. Prerequisites: PA 210. F/S (C) | | | | PA-230 | | PARA-LEGAL SEMINAR | | This course serves as the vehicle for demonstrating the practical use and application of the substantive knowledge and procedural skills required through the other courses in the curriculum. Students spend approximately the first four weeks of the course on legal and paralegal ethics and practice, thereafter, students have the option of participating in an internship or continuing with classwork on which the emphasis will be legal research, preparation of legal memoranda, drafting of instruments and pleadings, interviewing, and case investigation. This course is restricted to those students who have satisfactorily completed all first, second, and third-semester paralegal courses. Prerequisites: Students must have completed PA 210 and PA 220. F/S (C) | | | | PA-300 | | CRIMES/CRIMINAL PRAC | | A study of the New York penal and criminal procedural law with specific emphasis upon the substantive and procedural impact of the state and federal constitutions thereon. F/S (C) | | | | PA-310 | | CIVIL PRACTICE | | This course primarily examines the law of civil procedures and secondarily explores the relationship of civil procedures to certain areas of substantive law. The former is accomplished by a careful survey of New York State Civil practice; the latter by discussion of substantive law relating to enforcement of judgments and an overview of the law of bankruptcy. F/S (C) | | | | PA-320 | | EVIDENCE | | This course examines the rules of evidence applicable in civil and criminal proceedings with special emphasis upon the relationship between knowledge of the constitutional, statutory, and common law evidentiary rules and effective case preparation and investigation. F/S (C) | | | | PA-400 | | CONTRACTS | | An exploration of the substantive, common, and statutory law of contracts, sales, and negotiable instruments. F/S (C) | | | | PA-410 | | BUSINESS STRUCTURES | | The three business entities, i.e., sole proprietorship, partnership (general & limited), and corporations (professional and not-forprofit), are generally explained, differentiated, and viewed from both a business and legal perspective. Special emphasis is given to the formation and dissolution of each structure as the agency law and tax law ramifications of each form. F/S (C) | | | | PA-420 | | REAL ESTATE PRACTICE | | This course concerns itself not only with the substantive law of real property, but also with its procedural and practical aspects, e.g., landlord, tenant proceedings, title searching, real estate closings, etc. An overview of abstracting and title insurance is included. F/S (C) | | | | PA-430 | | ESTATES INS&DOM REL | | This combines three subject areas of the law which interrelate in many ways. The practical and procedural aspects, as well as the substantive principles of the law of wills, interstate distribution, domestic relations, and insurance are demonstrated and discussed. F/S (C) | | | | PA-500 | | TAX PRACTICUM | | This course is designed to acquaint students with those aspects of federal and state tax laws, i.e., income, franchise, estate, transfer, and gift, of which they will be required to have working knowledge as a practicing paralegal. F/S (C) | | | | PA-600 | | LEGAL ADVOC SEC CONC | | This course explores the socioeconomic branch of our public law by focusing upon the legal problems and disputes which most affect a person in their societal relationships. Thus the emphasis of the course is on civil rights, consumer protection, fair employment practices, and related areas of the law, as well as the constitutional and statutory impact in such legal areas. F/S (C) | | | | PA-700 | | LEGAL ISSUES IN HEALTH CARE | | Designed as an elective for paralegal, allied health, and liberal arts students, this course will provide the student with an overview of legal issues in health care. Topics include: principles of justice, sources and definition( s) of law, judicial process and legal tests, and professionalism. Case studies will be analyzed. S (C) | | |
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