Paralegal (Bachelor's)

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Earn your Bachelor degree in Legal/Paralegal from Everest University Online


Degree Title: Paralegal (Bachelor's)
School: Everest University Online
Description:

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.

In addition, you'll have the opportunity to choose among these specialized courses, many of which are available only to Bachelor's Degree students:
-Law and Medicine
-Administrative Law
-Environmental Law
-Employment Law
-Business Organizations
-Elder Law