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Online Criminal Justice Curriculum and Classes

Our curriculum is developed specifically for the distance education learner by instructional designers who specialize in how to develop content for adults and well-qualified subject matter experts to ensure quality content. In addition, USCI works with a program advisory council of non-USCI employees who work in the medical field to review content annually to ensure students receive content that is up-to-date, relevant, and accurate.

Program Goal:

To prepare students for entry-level employment as a paralegal in a variety of legal settings.

The coursework trains students to:
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Analyze and summarize depositions, interrogatories and testimony.

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Draft correspondence, pleadings and other legal documents and correspondence in the IRAC format.

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Conduct legal, statistical and documentary research pertaining to cases.

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Perform secretarial duties pertaining to law office management, including schedule organization, client file management, timekeeping and administrative reports.

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Prepare reports and case materials in order to assist a lawyer for trial.

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Program Curriculum Breakdown

Your Online Paralegal Classes are broken down into 4 units.

Students explore the responsibilities and duties of paralegals, including how the field has changed and grown. Then, students discover the structure of the United States Court System, including the supreme law (the U.S. Constitution) and the origination of laws. Students are also introduced to the nuances of legal writing style.

Students learn how legal research is performed, from federal and state court research to statutory research, including shepardizing. Then, students are introduced to criminal law, from the elements of crime, to prosecution, defense and the trial itself.

Students are introduced to trial preparation, from preparing exhibits, briefs and interrogatories to conducting interviews. Law specialties covered include civil law, personal injury and torts, and family law.

In the final pack, students continue to develop hands-on skills in legal document writing, while exploring the diversity of law specialties available, including contract law, estates, wills and trusts, real estate law, business law and environmental law
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