Paralegal

Paralegal

NWACC will award five hours of credit for students who can demonstrate completion of training from the University of Arkansas Paralegal Certificate program.  Three hours will substitute for Torts and 2 hours will apply towards the Paralegal Elective.

Dates:
Fayetteville Little Rock

• February 21-22, 2009
• March 7-8, 2009
• March 21-22, 2009
• April 4-5, 2009
• April 18-19, 2009
• May 2-3, 2009

• February 21-22, 2009
• March 7-8, 2009
• March 21-22, 2009
• April 4-5, 2009
• April 18-19, 2009
• May 2-3, 2009

Times:
SATURDAYS: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.   SUNDAYS: 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Locations:

  • UALR School of Law facilities, just off I-30 at 1201 McMath Street, Little Rock
  • The Center for Continuing Education, just off the Square at 2 East Center Street, Fayetteville

Class materials will be mailed upon receipt of tuition payment. Some pre-class reading is required, so register early!

Get skills you can use now to enter the legal profession or enhance your current position, in our 6-weekend introductory course.

  • Assist in litigation
  • Conduct & analyze results of legal research
  • Draft discovery & pleadings
  • Coordinate discovery
  • Write legal memoranda
  • Understand court proceedings
  • Conduct law office investigation
  • Interview clients & witnesses
  • Schedule trial & hearing dates
  • Represent in some small claims courts & most administrative hearings

Program graduates are awarded a certificate and 6.6 continuing education units (CEUs) from the University of Arkansas.

Session One
• Paralegal employment & the paralegal field
• Attorney & paralegal ethics
• Studying the law
• Legal analysis

Sessions Four & Five
• Legal research
• Law library exercises

Session Two
• Legal writing
• Paralegal regulation
• Litigation assistantship
• Introduction to the legal system

Session Six
• Law office administration
• Informal & formal administrative advocacy
• On the job realities

Session Three
• Introduction to legal research
• Investigation in a law office
• Legal interviewing

Lead Instructors
Evelyn Moorehead, lead instructor for the Little Rock course, is engaged in private practice in Little Rock. She has taught the course since 1994. Moorehead received her Bachelor of Arts from Yale University and her Juris Doctor from the University of Arkansas School of Law in Fayetteville.

Jeananne Whitmire, lead instructor for the Fayetteville course, conducted a private practice before becoming the Attorney for the Office of Chief Counsel for the Department of Human Services for the State of Arkansas. Whitmire received her Juris Doctor from the University of Arkansas School of Law in Fayetteville.

Fees
Course cost is $999. Full payment is due by February 13, 2009, to secure your registration. Fee includes tuition, textbook, student guide, and certificate of completion.

Cancellation requests received by February 13, 2009, are subject to a $120 administrative fee. After this date, refunds are subject to a $250 fee. No refunds will be made after February 18, 2009.