LAWS 2981 Internship I

0.0 - 20.0 - 4.0

Prerequisite

(2) LAWS 1230 and instructor approval - must be completed prior to taking this course.

Course Description

Students begin work in a law office or other organization where they work under the supervision of an attorney. The variety of work assignments include such items as digesting depositions, organizing documents for discovery, drafting filings and pleadings, and reporting the status of cases. Students keep a notebook to log the kinds of tasks performed, and the work supervisor and Legal Studies program coordinator periodically review the notebook entries to assure that competencies appropriate to the role of the paralegal are being developed. Based on state guidelines, students must complete 40 hours of work for each credit hour.