| NOTE: |
Academic Credits - The number of academic credits for each course
is the number of credits earned in one semester with successful completion
of that course.
Prerequisite and Corequisite - “Prerequisite” means that
the listed course[s] must be successfully completed with the indicated grade.
A “corequisite” may be taken in the same semester. |
| Course
# |
Course
Description |
Credits |
| LEG 101 |
Introduction to
Paralegal Studies -- Prerequisites: "C" or better in
ENG 025, ENG 032, or assessment/waiver. Corequisite: CIS 101.
Introduction to Paralegal Studies is a survey of the American legal
system, the substantive and procedural law of Indiana, and the role
of the paralegal in the legal profession. Topics include
professional ethics, trial and appellate courts, civil and criminal
procedure,constitutional law, and basic legal analysis. This
entry-level course is a prerequisite for all other paralegal
courses in the program. 3 lecture hours.
|
3
|
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| LEG 102 |
Legal
Research -- Prerequisites: LEG 101, CIS 101. Legal
Research introduces the student to legal research resources
including cases reporters and digest indexes, statutory codes,
constitutions, administrative codes and registers, legal
encyclopedias, treatises, legal periodicals, and practice manuals
and form books. Instruction is also delivered on proper legal
citation form, citation services, and research strategy. Projects
include a series of law library research projects that teaches the
student the descriptive word method of research, basic legal
analysis, and the structure of a legal research memorandum of law.
3 lecture hours.
|
3
|
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| LEG 103 |
Civil Procedures
-- Prerequisites: LEG 101, CIS 101. The first of two
semesters devoted to the study of the Indiana trial rules, small
claims court rules, and local rules. [The second semester is LEG
202 Litigation.] Topics include filing requirements, the rules
regarding service of process, and calculation of deadlines.
Projects include drafting summonses, complaints, answers, and
various motions. 3 lecture hours. |
3
|
| LEG 106 |
Torts Law --
Prerequisites: LEG 101, CIS 101. Tort Law concerns the law
of non-criminal injuries to persons or property. Topics include
negligence, strict liability, product liability, intentional torts,
affirmative defenses, basic evidence law, and pre-trial
investigation techniques and resources. 3 lecture hours. |
3
|
| LEG 107 |
Contracts and
Commercial Law -- Prerequisites: LEG 101, CIS
101. Contracts and Commercial Law examines the nature of
contracts and commercial law under both the common law and the
Commercial Code of Indiana. Topics include contracts for sale of
goods [UCC Article 2], the Statute of Frauds, performance,
remedies, warranties, assignment law, negotiable instruments law
[UCC Article 3], and secured transactions law [UCC Article 9]. 3
lecture hours.
|
3
|
| LEG 108 |
Property
Law -- Prerequisites: LEG 101, CIS 101. Property
Law is a survey of the law of real and personal property in
Indiana. Property law concepts are analyzed. Topics include the
different types of property generally, estates in land, concurrent
ownership, legal descriptions and deeds, easements, encumbrances on
title, title searches and title insurance, real estate purchase
agreements, closings, mortgages and UCC Article 9 security
interests, foreclosures, landlord-tenant law, and personal property
law topics such as bailments, lost property, and intellectual
property. This is an introductory course in real and personal
property law for paralegal majors. 3 lecture hours.
|
3
|
| LEG 202 |
Litigation --
Prerequisites: LEG 102, LEG 103, LEG 106, and LEG 107 or LEG
108. The study of Indiana trial rules pertaining to actual
trial. Topics include the discovery process and discovery tools,
litigation support—including organization and retrieval of
trial documents—techniques in preparing witnesses for trial,
and preparing jury instructions. The main project is compiling a
trial notebook. 3 lecture hours. |
3
|
| LEG 203 |
Law Office
Technology -- Prerequisites: LEG 101, LEG 102,
CIS 101. A hands-on survey of software support available to the
law practitioner, including word processing, electronic
spreadsheets, database management, presentation software, docket
control, litigation support, timekeeping, and billing. Also
included is information on computer-assisted legal research
services, web based research, and electronic filing. 3 lecture/lab
hours. |
3
|
| LEG 204 |
Legal Writing --
Prerequisites: LEG 102, LEG 103. The primary purpose of the
course is to further develop the legal writing skills the students
touched upon in Legal Research. The student will be exposed to
various legal writing techniques that are used in drafting a wide
variety of legal documents. Throughout the semester, a strong
emphasis is placed on proper writing methodology and formatting.
Projects include drafting research, correspondence, litigation and
transactional documents. 3 lecture hours. |
3
|
| LEG 205 |
Business Associations --
Prerequisites: LEG 101, CIS 101. This course introduces the
student to the various forms of business entities, including sole
proprietorships, general and limited partnerships, limited
liability companies [LLC’s], and business corporations.
Topics include key concepts of law, [the relationship between
principals and agents], the scope of employment doctrine, and
respondeat superior, the distinguishing characteristics of common
business entities, the formal requirements for establishing and
doing business in various types of business organizations in
Indiana, respective advantages and disadvantages of each type, and
relevant tax issues. Students will review sample business formation
documents and will draft a general partnership agreement. 3 lecture
hours.. |
3
|
| LEG 206 |
Advanced Tort Law --
Prerequisite: LEG 106. This elective is a continuation of
the principles and issues discussed in tort law, including res ipsa
loquitur, attractive nuisance, premises liability, and wrongful
death. Litigation support and strategy will also be discussed. 3
lecture hours.
|
3
|
| LEG 209 |
Family Law --
Prerequisite: LEG 108. An introduction to the Indiana law of
marriage, dissolution, custody [including UCCJA], visitation,
support [including URESA], adoption, and guardianship of minors.
Students will review many pleadings and intake forms and will draft
a divorce petition, a financial statement, and a summary decree
with child support worksheet. 3 lecture hours.
|
3
|
| LEG 210 |
Wills, Trusts and
Estate -- Prerequisite: LEG 108. Concerns the law
of wills and trusts, the administration of estates, and
guardianships according to Indiana common law and the provisions of
Titles 29, 30 and Title 6 [death taxes] of the Indiana Code.
Students study the intestate succession, the elements of a valid
will, of a valid trust, and laws of will construction. 3 lecture
hours.
|
3
|
| LEG 211 |
Criminal Law and
Procedure -- Prerequisites: CRJ 101 or LEG 101,
CIS 101. A theoretical and practical survey of the statutory
law of crimes, evidence, and criminal procedure in Indiana,
including an examination of sample pleadings and motions. Topics
include the elements of specific crimes, formal procedures from
pre-trial to post-trial, actual courtroom strategies, and the
practical concerns involved in both the prosecution and defense of
criminal cases. 3 lecture hours. |
3
|
| LEG 212 |
Bankruptcy
Law -- Prerequisite: LEG 108. A survey of the
Federal Bankruptcy Act, including the various bankruptcy
proceedings. Emphasizes how to accumulate the debtor’s
financial information, compile initial schedules, prepare the list
of creditors, collect and organize data for the first meeting of
creditors, complete proofs of claim, and pursue creditors rights.
Including preparation of a Chapter 13 bankruptcy case. 3 lecture
hours.
|
3
|
| LEG 280 |
Internship --
Prerequisites: LEG 103, LEG 106. An opportunity for the
intermediate paralegal student to acquire valuable field experience
by working under attorney supervision. The student keeps a journal
and prepares a report of his or her experience at the end of the
semester. Contact hours vary.
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1-6
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