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Course description:
This course introduces the student to the
legal system of the United States and to the role of the paralegal in
it. Topics include the classifications and sources of law, the court
system, the activities of the paralegal, and the legal and ethical
restrictions on the paralegal's work. The ways in which computers have
transformed legal practice are explored throughout.
Textbook: West's Paralegal Today, 4th
edition
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Assignments:
Memorandum
This is our only writing
assignment in our class and it is
also my first experience in legal writing. Legal writing is very
different with
those writing classes I took before. The professor emphasizes about
Precise
and
Concise. We have to express our opinion in as little words as we can.
There are
six major questions and approximately four sub questions for each
question, but
we have to finish it in less than two pages. Before, I consider writing
more
pages is very hard, but the writing less is not as easy as I thought. I
put a
lot of effort to concise it, and I it paid off.
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