律师助理程序

立博手机app项目

律师助理s—also called legal assistants—are assuming a growing range of tasks in the nation’s 法律办公室.

One of a 律师助理’s most important tasks is helping lawyers prepare for closings, hearings, 试用, and corporate meetings. 律师助理s may investigate the facts of cases and ensure that all relevant information is considered. 他们也可以识别 appropriate laws, judicial decisions, legal articles, and other materials that are relevant to assigned cases. 律师助理s may prepare written reports, draft pleadings and motions to be filed with the court, obtain affidavits, and assist attorneys during 试用. 律师助理s also organize and track files of all important case documents and make them available and easily accessible to attorneys.

Additionally, 律师助理s perform a number of other vital functions including drafting contracts, mortgages, separation agreements, and instruments of trust. 一些律师助理 coordinate the activities of other law office employees and maintain financial office 记录. 律师助理s may not provide legal services directly to the public except as permitted 由法律规定.

律师助理s are found in all types of organizations, but most are employed 由法律规定 firms, corporate legal departments, and various government offices. In these organizations, they can work in many different areas of the law, including litigation, personal injury, corporate law, criminal law, employee benefits, intellectual property, labor law, bankruptcy, immigration, family law, and real estate.

Member of American 协会 for 律师助理 Education

AAfPE's membership includes hundreds of universities, colleges, and other institutions 更高的 learning throughout the United States and in Canada. Since 1981, AAfPE's member schools have trained thousands of 律师助理 students each year to help increase, improve, and support access to the legal system in their communities. In its Statement of Academic Quality, AAfPE acknowledges that the education of a 律师助理 requires a unique curriculum that covers both substantive legal knowledge and practical skills. 这种智力 demanding 课程 of study should be designed to provide instruction in the competencies that 律师助理s need as professionals. AAfPE recognizes seven essential components of a quality 律师助理 education program: curriculum development, facilities, faculty, marketing and promotion, 律师助理 instruction, student services and related competencies.

American Bar 协会 Approved 律师助理程序 

立博手机app状态 Community College's 律师助理程序 is approved by the American Bar 协会. 

转移政策

Legal specialty 课程s transferred from regionally-accredited programs must be evaluated by the program director to ensure that the content of the 课程s is comparable to the 立博手机app状态 课程s before a student is accepted into the 律师助理程序. Further criteria for transfer includes the following:

• Legal specialty 课程s taken at ABA-approved schools will automatically transfer to equivalent 立博手机app状态 课程s if the student has a grade of C or above in the 课程.
• No more than two legal specialty 课程s from programs that are not approved by the American Bar 协会 will be accepted for transfer.
• Legal studies 课程s from non-ABA out-of-state programs will not be considered for 转移信用.
• Transfer credit for 律师助理 Studies 课程s will be limited to six semester credit 小时.
• A student must take at least nine semester credit 小时 in the legal specialty 课程s through synchronous instruction.

Please contact Program Director 丽塔尼古拉斯 at 256-352-7877 or 丽塔.nicholas@district4promotions.com.