Legal Assistat/Paralegal Certificate Program Legal Secretary Certificate Program 2010-11 CONTINUING EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL STUDIES www.fau.edu/coted-pros Itroductio to Law Wills, Trusts ad Estate Plaig Real Property Law Civil Litigatio Cotract Law Crimial Law Persoal Ijury Effective Legal Research Research Writig Probate Corporatios Domestic Relatios Immigratio Law CLA - Certified Legal Assistat Review Course Foreclosure Workers Compesatio
Joi FAU s distiguished Legal Assistat Certificate Program ad prepare for a career that is projected by the Departmet of Labor to grow faster tha the average for all occupatios through 2014. FAU s program was plaed for you! 12 Itesive Courses i Oe Year Eveig classes Full-time or part-time erollmet Courses taught by practicig attoreys Affiliatio with staffig compaies to assist with job placemet Job postigs emailed to studet ad graduates Member of Natioal Associatio of Legal Assistats (NALA) Natioal Test Ceter for CLA exam TRAINING THE BEST SINCE 1976! For more iformatio or to apply, call us at 1.800.228.5845 or visit our website at www.fau.edu/coted-pros. Legal Assistat Certificate Program What is a Legal Assistat? A legal assistat or paralegal is a perso qualified by educatio, traiig, or work experiece who is employed or retaied by a lawyer, law office, corporatio, govermetal agecy, or other etity to perform specifically delegated substative legal work for which a lawyer is resposible. THE PROGRAM 12 Itesive Courses i Oe Year! The program cosists of 375 cotact hours of legal educatio ad is comprised of 12 courses. Atted classes three ights a week ad complete the program i oe year. Itroductio to Law is a prerequisite for all courses ad is offered twice a year. You may register for this course before applyig for admissio to the program. ELECTIVES Each year paralegals ad studets with special iterests participate i elective courses from FAU s Legal Assistat Program. These courses are ot part of the core courses of the Legal Assistat Certificate Program ad ca be take by ayoe. Cosider these courses if you wat to sharpe your skills, develop ew oes, or ehace your kowledge. No applicatio is required for elective classes. Just call 1.800.228.5845 to register. Paralegals will receive CEU s to maitai CLA certificatio. TRANSFER STUDENT INFORMATION FAU welcomes trasfer studets ad will evaluate ad cosider waivers of course work. A official trascript from previous post-secodary educatioal traiig will be evaluated. Courses may be accepted, waivig certai requiremets withi our program. TRANSCRIPTS INFORMATION Official trascripts ad a certificate from Florida Atlatic Uiversity will be provided upo completio of the program. (Additioal trascripts ca be issued at a cost of $5 per trascript). Admissios Requiremets Completio of official applicatio, alog with a o-refudable $45 applicatio fee, $40 LexisNexis fee, ad meetig oe of the followig requiremets: 1. Provide trascript(s) from a accredited college or uiversity showig at least a associate of arts or associate of sciece degree. Or 2. Provide high school trascript (or GED) ad two letters of recommedatio. FINANCIAL AID Call 1-800-658-3567 for iformatio o fiacial aid available through the Wells Fargo Educatio Coectio Loa. The Smart Legal Assistat Certificate Program is VA-approved. APPLICATION CHECKLIST 1. Complete applicatio form (see page 9) 2. Attach $45 applicatio fee 3. Iclude official trascripts (college or high school) 4. Iclude two letters of recommedatio, if o college 5. Attach $40 LexisNexis fee For more iformatio, call 561.297.3648 or 1.800.228.5845 Eveig classes Visit FAU s website at www.fau.edu/coted-pros or call 1.888.8FAUOWL (832.8695) for updates o campus operatios due to hurricaes or other atural disasters www.fau.edu/coted-pros 3
LA-1 Itroductio to Law Begi with a examiatio of the history of law from the earliest kow legal decisio to the preset. Additioal topics iclude: the two primary legal systems i moder society; America theories of jurisprudece; ad the role of law i America society. America law is studied through a compariso of Florida ad Federal courts, crimial ad civil law, substative ad procedural law, ad trial ad appellate law. Several topics that are tested by the Natioal Associatio of Legal Assistats Certified Legal Assistat Examiatio are studied. If you decide to eroll i the Legal Assistat Certificate Program after completig this course, you will eed to meet the admissio requiremets of the Program. LA-1 Itroductio to Law is a prerequisite to all courses. $185, 18 hrs., 1.8 CEUs Optio 1 Optio 2 3 Saturdays 3 Modays & 3 Wedesdays July 31 August 14 July 26 Aug 11 9:00 a.m.- 4:00 p.m. 7:10 10:10 p.m. (1-hour luch break) #LA1 1 0710-2 #LA1 1 0710-1 LA-2 Wills, Trusts & Estate Plaig Focus o (i) various ways to ow property ad the cosequeces of same at death; (ii) the maer i which assets pass by itestacy; (iii) powers of attorey ad advace directives; (iv) homestead for ad valorem tax purposes, asset protectio purposes ad devise ad descet purposes; (v) the maer of creatig valid wills ad amedig ad revokig same; (vi) chages i circumstaces after executio of a will, icludig marriage, divorce ad after bor childre; (vii) spouse s elective share; (viii) grouds for cotestig a will, icludig lack of testametary capacity ad udue ifluece; (ix) the purpose ad use of revocable ad irrevocable trusts; (x) costructive ad resultig trusts; ad (xi) federal gift, estate ad geeratio-skippig trasfer taxes ad meas of reducig tax liability through the use of life isurace trusts, qualified persoal residece trusts, grator retaied auity trusts, charitable trusts ad family limited parterships. $380, 45 hrs., 4.5 CEUs 15 Wedesdays Aug 25 Dec 8 (o class 9/8) #LA1 2 0810 LA-3 Real Property Law All phases of real estate practice are studied. Topics iclude: residetial ad commercial cotracts; the process from listig a piece of property through closig; various forms of property owership ad restrictios; fiacig (types of mortgages); types of title isurace matters (lies vs. permitted acceptable items); costructio-related matters (lies/otices required); types of deeds; taxatio; homestead; loas; residetial ad commercial leases; evictio proceedigs; foreclosure; litigatio; ad preparatio of closig statemets. The goal is to give you the kowledge to uderstad a basic residetial cotract, uderstad a title isurace commitmet, prepare all documetatio relatig to closigs, ad the various issues ivolved i a real estate practice. $365, 42 hrs., 4.2 CEUs 14 Modays Aug 23 Nov 29 (o class 9/6) #LA1 3 0810 LA-4 Civil Litigatio The primary focus is o civil litigatio i Florida. Icluded are: sources of law, jurisdictio, veue, pleadig requiremets i civil actios, motio practice, third party practice, all aspects of discovery, trial preparatio, trial procedure, post-trial motios ad appeals, ad post-judgmet eforcemet. The course will provide a uderstadig of civil litigatio as it is practiced i Florida, with emphasis o practical aspects of litigatio. I additio, you will lear how to prepare for a trial ad how to assist the attorey i hadlig a civil matter from iitial iterview through trial. $380, 45 hrs., 4.5 CEUs 15 Thursdays Aug 26 Dec 16 (o class 11/11 ad 11/25) #LA1 4 0810 LA-5 Cotract Law The broad applicatio of cotract law is kept i mid durig the exploratio of what makes some promises eforceable. Areas of discussio iclude: how the cocepts of offer, acceptace ad cosideratio are combied to create eforceable cotracts; what happes whe oe or more elemets is missig; ad the performace ad breach of cotracts. You will be ivited to apply your learig to realworld situatios through discussios of cotract disputes i the ews, hypothetical situatios based o curret evets ad by draftig exercises that challege you to create uambiguous provisios. $285, 27 hrs. 2.7 CEUs 9 Wedesdays Ja 5 Mar 2 #LA1 5 0111 4 Full-time or part-time erollmet
LA-6 Crimial Law This course ivolves the study of both substative ad procedural crimial law. Substative crimial law is itroduced first by focusig o the crimial justice system itself. We the examie the elemets of the various offeses ad defeses. We coclude the first part of the class by studyig factual, statutory, ad costitutioal defeses to crimes. The secod part of the class focuses o crimial procedure. We study the costitutioal aspects of search ad seizure law, iterrogatio, pre-trial process ad discovery, trial, setecig, ad appeal. $325, 33 hrs., 3.3 CEUs 11 Thursdays Ja 6 Mar 24 (o class 3/10) #LA1 6 0111 LA-7 Persoal Ijury This course icludes a i-depth examiatio of the elemets makig up a cause of actio based o egligece; the study of itetioal torts such as assault, battery, ad itetioal iflictio of emotioal distress, actios based o strict liability ad product liability, as well as other aspects of persoal ijury. Topics of discussio iclude: the various documets used i persoal ijury cases (complaits, aswers, affirmative defeses); discovery documets used i preparatio for trial (iterrogatories, requests to produce ad requests for admissio); ad the use of other pre-trial ad trial documets ad exhibits ad how they are used i persoal ijury actios. You will lear the fudametal elemets of persoal ijury causes of actio, settlemet egotiatios, mediatio, ad arbitratio. The goal of the course is achieved through both the text ad the use of actual case documets ad experieces, with a emphasis o practical applicatio. $310, 30 hrs., 3.0 CEUs 10 Modays Ja 24 Apr 4 (o class 3/7) #LA1 7 0111 LA-8 Effective Legal Research Studets will become acquaited with the fudametals of legal research ad citatio. Studets will also lear to use ad locate primary ad secodary sources ad will gai exposure to various resources of legal research. NOTE: This course is a prerequisite to LA-9 Research Writig. $310, 30 hrs., 3.0 CEUs 10 Wedesdays Mar 16 May 18 #LA1 8 0311 LA-9 Research Writig Research Writig is a cotiuatio of Effective Legal Research ad icludes exercises i grammatical costructio ad legal writig. Studets will become acquaited with the fudametals of legal writig ad lear to preset legal aalysis i a logical cocise format. Prerequisite: Effective Legal Research. $275, 24 hrs., 2.4 CEUs 8 Wedesdays May 25 July 13 #LA1 9 0510 LA-10 Probate You will be itroduced to the priciples of probate law i Florida. Topics for study iclude: the role of the attorey ad persoal represetative, probate vs. o-probate assets, testate vs. itestate estates, creditor ad beeficiary rights, accoutigs, probate litigatio ad federal estate taxes as well as trust admiistratio. You will lear to admiister a estate from begiig to ed, icludig formal, summary ad acillary admiistratios, ad you will be required to prepare pleadigs after a study of the Florida probate code. $310, 30 hrs., 3.0 CEUs 10 Thursdays Mar 31 Jue 2 #LA1 10 0310 Be Smart Register Now! 1.800.228.5845 www.fau.edu/coted-pros Courses taught by practicig attoreys 5
LA-11 Corporatios LA-12 Domestic Relatios You will study sole proprietorship ad geeral ad limited parterships, with a special emphasis o corporatios. Topics iclude: corporate formatio, articles of icorporatio ad bylaws, sub-chapter S, corporate fiacial structure, operatio, meetigs, divideds, distributios, employmet, steps after formatio, foreig corporatios, ad corporate taxatio. Addresses the issues of family law i the U.S. Icluded topics are: valid marriages, aulmets, divorce, property distributio, paterity, child custody, ad support. Adoptio may also be covered. Studets will develop a workig kowledge of the pleadigs, motios, discovery ivolvig, jurisdictioal ad veue issues relatig to ad ivolvig family law. $310, 30 hrs., 3.0 CEUs 10 Modays Apr 11 Jue 27 (o class 4/18 ad 5/30) #LA1 11 0411 For more iformatio, call 561.297.3648 or 1.800.228.5845 6 $225, 21 hrs., 2.1 CEUs 7 Thursdays Jue 9 July 21 #LA1 12 0611 Visit FAU s website at www.fau.edu/coted-pros or call 1.888.8FAUOWL (832.8695) for updates o campus operatios due to hurricaes or other atural disasters Affiliatio with staffig compaies to assist with job placemet
Legal Secretary Certificate Program A career as a legal secretary requires specific skills, competecies, ad kowledge to meet the demads of this fast-paced professio. This 12-week comprehesive certificate program is desiged to provide both begiers ad curret legal staff with a overview of the skills ad kowledge required to excel i a legal career. A geeral overview of legal topics covered icludes: Litigatio Cotracts Busiess Orgaizatio Real Estate Torts Family Law Crimial Law ad Crimial Procedure Estate Plaig, Estates ad Guardiaship Bakruptcy Preparatio of Legal Documets ad Office Commuicatios Use of Electroic ad Covetioal Caledarig ad Docket Cotrol Systems The Court Systems ad Admiistrative Agecies Admissio requiremets: Prospective studets must complete a applicatio form ad submit it alog with a official high school diploma (or GED) ad a letter of recommedatio or a official trascript of college credits. Prerequisites: You must have a workig kowledge of officebased software (MS Word, MS Access, ad MS Excel or WordPerfect Corel-Lotus) ad good keyboard skills. I additio to a geeral overview of substative law, you will lear the practice ad procedures commo to all law offices: Ethics ad Professioalism for No-Lawyers Busiess of Law Office Maagemet icludig Billig ad Accoutig Member of Natioal Associatio of Legal Assistats (NALA) $595, 48 hrs., 4.8 CEUs 12 Saturdays Sept 11 Dec 11 (o class 9/18 ad 11/27) 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. #LA 091111 7
Elective Courses Ope Erollmet Each year paralegals ad studets with special iterests participate i elective courses from FAU s Legal Assistat Program. These courses are ot part of the Legal Assistat Certificate Program; they are available for those who wish to sharpe their skills, develop ew oes, or ehace their kowledge. No applicatio is required for elective courses. Just call 1.800.228.5845 to register. Paralegals will receive CEU s to maitai CLA certificatio. LA - 18 Foreclosures The studet will be itroduced to the priciples of mortgage foreclosure law i Florida. Topics for study iclude: statutory ad case law, plaitiff ad defedat s positio, the promissory ote, the role ad positio of the leder, the auctio process, ad procedural aspects. The studet will lear about the lie ad judgemet process i Florida. Alteratives to foreclosure, icludig the Short Sale, will also be discussed. I additio to lectures the studet will also be required to research the law, draft correspodece ad pleadigs. $300, 30 hrs., 3.0 CEUs 10 Tuesdays Aug 10 Oct 12 7:10 10:10 p.m. #LA 18 0810 LA-14 Immigratio Law Immigratio Law begis with the topic of America citizeship ad cotiues with the study of admissibility, iadmissibility, aturalizatio ad removal. I additio to the complex costitutioal laws, statutes ad regulatios ivolved i the various processes ad steps, the course will cover the cotext of the broader historical ad political forces that shaped the body of immigratio law. You will get skills traiig i the iterpretatio of difficult statutes ad regulatios, a workig kowledge of the may forms required by the DHS/USCIS for the workig practitioer, ad a uderstadig of how our immigratio policies fit ito the study of civil rights ad liberties. 8 Tuesdays Oct 19 Dec 7 #LA-14 1010 Or $285, 24 hrs., 2.4 CEUs 8 Tuesdays Apr 12 Jue 7 (o class 4/19) 7 :10 10 :10 p.m. Boca Rato campus #LA 14 0411 LA 19 Workers Compesatio The ature of the Workers Compesatio system i Florida, ecessitates a high volume practice for which qualified paralegals are always i demad. This course offers a practical approach where you will develop a workig kowledge of all aspects of the Workers Compesatio system. A i depth study of a worker compesatio claim will be coducted, from the iitial report of ijury through fial hearig ad settlemet of the case, icludig ay potetial Social Security Disability, Medicare ad Third Party Liability ramificatios. Additioally, the most recet ad sigificat, substative ad procedural chages i the law will be examied as relates to employer resposibility as well as the rights ad remedies available to ijured workers. The course will also focus o the distictios betwee admiistrative law ad civil law i geeral ad Workers Compesatio law ad Persoal Ijury law i particular. $285, 24 hrs., 2.4 CEUS 8 Tuesdays Feb 8 April 5 (o class 3/8) 7:10 10:10 p.m. #LA-19 0211 CLA Certified Legal Assistat Review Course The Test Preparatio office offers this course three times per year immediately prior to NALA s CLA examiatio testig dates. The course tracks NALA s CLA Review Maual: A Practical Guide to CLA Exam Preparatio ad provides a comprehesive overview of each geeral ad substative law area tested by the CLA examiatio. Effective testtakig skills applicable to the CLA examiatio are covered. Focus is placed o weekly writig assigmets that provide practice i memoradum draftig a skill that figures promietly i the judgmet ad aalytical ability portio of the CLA examiatio. At the ed of the course, a mock examiatio is admiistered for those wishig to experiece realistic CLA examiatio test-takig coditios. $249, 21 hrs., 2.1 CEUs (Call the Test Preparatio office at 561.297.2573 for dates ad times). Visit FAU s website at www.fau.edu/coted-pros or call 1.888.8FAUOWL (832.8695) for updates o campus operatios due to hurricaes or other atural disasters 8 Natioal Test Ceter for CLA exam
Legal Assistat Program Admissio Form APPLICATION Persoal Data Last Name First Name Middle Social Security # Date of Birth Street Address Apt/Suite # City State Zip Home Phoe Work Phoe Cell Phoe E-mail Educatioal Data High School Degree/Credits GPA Year College Degree/Credits GPA Year ** Attach Official Trascript(s) Employmet Data Employer Positio Dates (from/to) Employer Positio Dates (from/to) Are you curretly or have you ever bee charged with or subject to discipliary actio for scholastic (such as plagiarism or cheatig) or ay other type of behavioral miscoduct at ay educatioal istitutio? You do ot eed to disclose academic dismissal, suspesio, or probatio for poor grades. Have you ever bee charged with a violatio of the law, misdemeaor ad/or feloy (eve if adjudicatio was withheld) which resulted i, or, if still pedig could result i, probatio, commuity service, restitutio, a jail setece or the revocatio or suspesio of your driver s licese (you are ot required to iclude traffic violatios which oly resulted i a fie)? Whe do you pla to begi the Legal Assistat Certificate Program? Do you pla to go full-time (three ights a week)? Do you pla to get your Certificate of Completio from us? How did you hear about the Program? I uderstad that this applicatio is for admissio oly to the LEGAL ASSISTANT CERTIFICATE PROGRAM ad all iformatio cotaied herei will be held i cofidece as provided by law. I certify that the iformatio give i this applicatio is complete ad accurate ad if admitted, I hereby agree to abide by the policies of the Advisory Board of the LEGAL ASSISTANT CERTIFICATE PROGRAM ad the rules ad regulatios goverig said Program ad Florida Atlatic Uiversity. Applicat s Sigature Date Sed applicatio form ad the $45 o-refudable applicatio fee to: Legal Assistat Certificate Program Florida Atlatic Uiversity, 777 Glades Rd., Cotiuig Educatio Hall, Room 201, Boca Rato, FL 33431 Please make checks or moey orders payable to FAU
COURSE DATE DAY TIME LOCATION PRICE COURSE NO CLASS Certificate Program Classes LA-1 Itroductio to Law* July 31 - Aug 14 S 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m Boca Rato $185/18 hrs. LA1-1 0710-1 LA-1 Itroductio to Law* July 26 - Aug 11 M, W 7:10 p.m. - 10:10 p.m. Boca Rato $185/18 hrs. LA1-1 0710-2 *Itroductio to Law must be take prior to erollmet i the courses that are part of the certificate program. LA-2 Wills, Trusts, Estate Plaig Aug 25 - Dec 8 W Boca Rato $380/45 hrs. LA1-2 0810 09/08/10 LA-3 Real Property Law Aug 23 - Nov 29 M Boca Rato $365/42 hrs. LA1-3 0810 09/06/10 LA-4 Civil Litigatio Aug 26 - Dec 16 TH Boca Rato $380/45 hrs. LA1-4 0810 11/11/10 11/25/10 LA-5 Cotract Law Ja 5 - Mar 2 W Boca Rato $285/27 hrs. LA1-5 0111 LA-6 Crimial Law Ja 6 - Mar 24 TH Boca Rato $325/33 hrs. LA1-6 0111 03/10/11 LA-7 Persoal Ijury Ja 24 - Apr 4 M Boca Rato $310/30 hrs. LA1-7 0111 03/07/11 LA-8 Effective Legal Research Mar 16 - May 18 W Boca Rato $310/30 hrs. LA1-8 0311 LA-9 Research Writig May 25 -July 13 W Boca Rato $275/24 hrs. LA1-9 0511 LA-10 Probate Mar 31 - Jue 2 TH Boca Rato $310/30 hrs. LA1-10 0311 LA-11 Corporatios Apr 11 - Jue 27 M Boca Rato $310/30 hrs. LA1-11 0411 04/18/11 5/30/11 LA-12 Domestic Relatios Jue 9 - July 21 TH Boca Rato $225/21 hrs. LA1-12 0611 Elective Classes-Ope Erollmet LA-18 Foreclosures Aug 10 - Oct 12 T Boca Rato $300/30 hrs. LA - 18 0810 LA-14 Immigratio Law Oct 19 - Dec 7 T Boca Rato $285/24 hrs. LA - 14 1010 LA-19 Workers Compesatio Feb 8 - April 5 T Boca Rato $285/24 hrs. LA - 19 0211 03/08/11 LA-14 Immigratio Law April 12 - Jue 7 T Boca Rato $285/24 hrs. LA - 14 0411 04/19/11 Be Smart Register Now! 1.800.228.5845 www.fau.edu/coted-pros To register for LA-1 Itroductio to Law startig July 26 or July 31, 2010 call 1.800.228.5845.
To register by phoe, call 1.800.228.5845 ad use your Visa, MasterCard, Discovery or America Express. Please have your credit card iformatio ready. To register by mail, complete the form below ad mail it to Florida Atlatic Uiversity, 777 Glades Road, Legal Assistat Certificate Program, Cotiuig Educatio Hall, Room 200, Boca Rato, FL 33431 To register by fax, dial 561.297.3987 ad fax the erollmet form. Please be sure to fill out the form i its etirety. Paymet for courses*, ca be made by Visa, MasterCard, Discovery Card, America Express, check, cash or compay purchase order. Paymet is due at the time of erollmet. Make checks payable to Florida Atlatic Uiversity. Cash paymets (except amouts oly) may be made i perso. CEUs: Florida Atlatic Uiversity awards CEUs (Cotiuig Educatio Uits) to participats i our courses. Oe CEU is awarded for each 10 hours i class. Flexible registratio: FAU offers cotiuous erollmet opportuities by telephoe, mail, fax, ad i perso, right up to the day your cotiuig educatio course begis, if space is available. Discouts: Receive a 10% team discout o selected courses whe three or more people from oe compay eroll i the same o-credit course. We ask that you eroll at the same time ad use oe method of paymet Cacellatios: If you must cacel, please otify us by phoe or fax at least 48 hours before the course begis. You will receive a full refud mius a $15 processig fee for each course. If less tha 48 hours otice is give you will be charged a $40 processig fee for each course. No cacellatios will be accepted AFTER a course begis. If a course is cacelled by us for ay reaso, you will receive a full refud. Erollmet office hours: 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Moday-Friday. Please call our office at 1.800.228.5845 a miimum of five workig days i advace of a evet if a reasoable accommodatio of a disability is eeded. Parkig: Parkig fees are a additioal charge per semester. Please purchase your parkig decal from the Traffic ad Parkig Office prior to your first class call 561.297.2771. Name: Address: City: State: Zip: SSN: / / Home Phoe: ( ) Busiess Phoe: ( ) Compay Name: Compay Address: E-mail: Cell Phoe: ( ) COURSE NUMBER COURSE NAME DATE LOCATION FEE FOR OFFICE USE ONLY o Cash (Exact Amout Oly): o Check/Name o Check: o Co. PO#: (copy of P.O. required) Bill to the Att. of: exp.: / Credit Card #: Security Code#: Aget: Date: Source: CC#: Auth. #: Registratio Verificatio: Fiace Verificatio: Fiace Stamp: Name o Credit Card: *Fees collected from o-credit programs i this catalog are used to support the admiistratio of the divisio ad to pay for food items as appropriate. Please feel free to copy this form ad pass it alog to your frieds!
Florida Atlatic Uiversity 777 Glades Road Boca Rato, FL 33431-0991 Cotiuig Educatio ad Professioal Studies Cotiuig Educatio Hall Room 200 www.fau.edu/coted-pros 1.800.228.5845 Smart is seeig a opportuity ad takig it. Whe I first leared that the demad for paralegals/legal assistats was growig faster tha most other occupatios, I was extremely iterested i learig how I could become oe. At FAU it was easy for me to get started ad stay erolled. Now I have my certificate ad I am more marketable that ever before. FAU Legal Assistat Certificate Program Graduate smart 2010-11 Florida Atlatic Uiversity