Law/Paralegal

(Legal Specialty course) Covers legal research and terminology. The student will become familiar with the law library and develop legal research skills through the use of legal digests, encyclopedias, reporter systems, indexes, Shepard's, treatises, cases, statutes, legal periodicals, government documents and other research material. Emphasis is placed on developing legal briefing skills and finding answers to legal research questions.

(Legal Specialty course) Covers the law related to family issues. Includes a discussion of rights and obligations of parties to each other and their offspring. Divorce, custody and support, spousal agreements, termination of parental rights, adoptions and collection of child support are all discussed.

(Legal Specialty course) Emphasis on jurisdiction of the court system in Nevada. Discussion of complaints, summons, answers, supplemental pleadings. Will also cover pretrial tactics, motions, exceptions, venue, discovery, depositions and summary judgments.

(Legal Specialty course) An overview of tort law. Concepts to be discussed include intentional torts, strict liability, negligence, proximate cause, re ipsa loquitur, comparative responsibility, premises liability, product liability, professional negligence and worker's compensation.

(Legal Specialty course) Relationship and delineation of the function and responsibility of the legal assistant, the attorney and the client; survey of substantive areas of the law; structure of the legal system; basic legal terminology; ethics and liability of the legal profession.

(Legal Specialty course) Relationship and delineation of the function and responsibility of the legal assistant, the attorney and the client; survey of substantive areas of the law; structure of the legal system; basic legal terminology; ethics and liability of the legal profession.

(Legal Specialty course) Covers the relationship between the attorney, client and legal assistant. Discusses what a legal assistant may and may not do. Also discusses conflicts of interest, dealing with witnesses and adverse parties and confidentiality.

(Legal Specialty course) In-depth study and development of legal writing skills. Emphasis is placed on writing assignments which assume a knowledge of basic legal research skills, development of memoranda of points and authorities and analyses of case facts. Also discussed will be office memoranda and appeal briefs.

An overview of the procedure involved in criminal cases. Includes a discussion of complaints, indictments, writs of habeas corpus, trial motions and post-conviction remedies.

(Legal Specialty course) This course covers the theory and practical aspects of the general law governing contracts, including the essential elements of contracts, legality, the Uniform Commercial Code, third party contracts, discharge and satisfaction, and remedies.