Advanced Certificate Paralegal/Legal Assisting [4004]

Program Manager: Suzanne Bechtol
941-752-5359 Bradenton

The Legal Assisting/Paralegal Advanced Technical certificate is designed to enable students who already hold any college degree (other than the legal assisting A.S./A.A.S. degree) to take paralegal training at State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota (SCF) and qualify to take the National Paralegal Certification (CLA) exam. It further prepares those students for work of a legal nature in law offices, corporations or government agencies.  

NOTE: A grade of "C" or better must be attained for each course taken for this certificate. It also is recommended that job-seeking students complete SLS 1350 Job Marketing Skills (1 credit).  

Course	Description	Term Hours
PLA 1003	Intro. to Legal Systems	3
PLA 2001	General Law	3
PLA 1104	Legal Research & Writing I	3
PLA 2433	Corporations & Business Organizations	3
PLA 2732	Law Office Computer Applications	3
	Subtotal	15
Electives	Choose three courses from the following list based on area of work interest:
PLA 1610	Real Property Law and Transactions
PLA 2114	Legal Research & Writing II
PLA 2203	Civil Litigation I
PLA 2223	Civil Litigation II
PLA 2303	Criminal Law and Procedures
PLA 2600	Wills, Trusts and Probate Administration
PLA 2763	Law Office Management
PLA 2800	Intro. to Family Law
APA 1111	College Accounting
ACG 2021	Principles of Financial Accounting OR Higher Level Accounting Course
BUL 2131	Legal Environments of Business
GEB 2210	Business Presentations and Communication
PLA 2612	Real Estate II: From Contract to Closing
PLA 2950	Professional Responsibilities
PLA 1949	Career Decision Work Experience in Legal Assisting
PLA 2949	Internship in Paralegal/Legal Assisting
	Subtotal	9
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