About Our Program
Program Options
The Program presently offers two degree options: an
Undergraduate Program option and a Second Bachelor's
Degree option.
The Undergraduate Program
option is for students without a four-year college
degree. To complete this option, you must
accumulate at least 124 semester hours of credit.
This total includes a minimum of 50 semester hours
of Basic Studies courses, and at least 59 semester
hours of Program Courses.
The Second Bachelor's
Degree option is for students who already have
a four-year college degree from an accredited college
or university. In this option, you can earn
a second Bachelor of Science degree with a major
in Legal Assistant Studies in 42 to 44 semester
hours of study.
ABA-Approved Program
Our Undergraduate Program option and Second Bachelor's
Degree option are fully approved by the
American Bar Association. The Program's
most recent ABA-approval was effective February,
2001 and extends for seven years. ABA approval
means that the Program meets all ABA Guidelines
for the Approval of Paralegal Education Programs.
These Guidelines address such things as Program
faculty, facilities, curriculum, funding, and management.
Many employers seeking to hire degreed legal assistants
require that the degree be from an ABA-approved
program.
More Links
The Visitor Links to your left will take you to the places
visitors most often want to go. Don't see
what you're looking for there? Try one of
these!
Legal Assisting Associations
Get involved in the the associations that support
legal assisting! This page has links to several
associations that will help you get started in your
career. These sites are also a great place
to start if you want to learn more about what legal
assistants are and what they do.
Legal Education
Page Learn about undergraduate legal education
and the different kinds of programs that are available.
From here you can link to our Law School page to
find out about the LSAT, law school admissions,
and much more.
Legal Research
Need to do some legal research? Check out
our Legal Research Page to find the sites that
will get you started.
