AREA OF CONCENTRATION: The purpose of this program is to prepare students to work as legal assistants and/or paralegals, i.e., to serve as assistants to attorneys and to perform many complex tasks under the supervision of attorneys. The legal assistant’s responsibilities may include the following: conducting legal and factual research; interviewing clients and witnesses; reviewing and organizing case material for settlement negotiations or trial; drafting legal documents and forms; summarizing depositions, interrogatories, and testimony; and functioning as a member of a legal team. Students who graduate from this program would typically work in law firms, government agencies, financial institutions, corporations, law courts, insurance agencies, banks, department stores, credit departments, real estate offices, and health care facilities. Completion of the legal assisting program leads to an Associate in Science degree.

Career as legal assistants and/or paralegals, i.e., to serve as assistants to attorneys and to perform many complex tasks under the supervision of attorneys..