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Our Bachelor's Degree in Legal Assistant/Paralegal studies
covers the basics of researching legal issues, drafting legal
documents, preparing pleadings, interviewing clients and witness
and more. As a Bachelor's Degree graduate, you'll enjoy advanced
career opportunities in legal offices, government agencies,
corporate legal departments, consumer groups, insurance companies,
banks, legal aid societies and more.
In your online courses, you'll explore family and criminal
law. Family law specializes in divorce, separation, custody,
adoption, guardianship and community property. Criminal law
covers common law, statutory crimes and punishment, crime
classification, principles of liability and basic criminal
procedure concepts. You'll also study contract law, policies
regarding estate planning and wills and other specialized
areas of law. All in all, you'll develop a wide range of skills
that will make you an invaluable member of a legal team-from
researching the law, preparing and interpreting legal documents
and conducting daily operations of a legal office.
Requirements
Must be 18+ years of age and have High School Diploma or GED.
Other Bachelor's Degrees
About Everest University
Everest University began its venture into online learning
in the winter quarter of 1999 by offering five courses on
two campuses. After our initial pilot phase, Everest expanded
its online course offerings to include all nine Everest campuses
for the winter quarter of 2000. At the same time, we received
approval to develop online enrollment for any of the courses
within the standardized Business Administration program. In
the Fall of 2001, additional approval was granted to offer
the Accounting and Criminal Justice programs online.
Since the winter term of 2000, Everest has consistently added
courses within these Associate's and Bachelor's degrees. Today
all of the courses necessary to complete the degrees are available
online, which now includes Master's programs.
The courses are built and maintained on the eCollege platform,
which is media intensive and has highly effective pedagogical
and course authoring tools. All instructors are required to
complete an intensive teacher-training course, which prepares
them to teach and/or create a course following specific course
construction guidelines.
Faculty Members
Everest employs academically and experientially credentialed
faculty who oversee the instruction, evaluation, and grading
requirements. Faculty members possess the credentials required
by the accrediting agency, ACICS. In addition, all online
faculty must participate in a course which prepares them to
teach online. Trained faculty members oversee the cyber classroom,
control course delivery and the evaluation and grading of
students.
Accreditation
Everest is accredited by the Accrediting Council for Independent
Colleges and Schools (ACICS). A member of the Council for Higher
Education Accreditation (CHEA). ACICS has been designated as
a nationally-recognized accrediting agency by the United States
Secretary of Education.
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