The Paralegal
Certificate
Course Requirements for the Certificate: 26-27 units
The following courses, or their approved transfer equivalents,
are required of all candidates for this certificate.
With proper planning (see the Pre-Law Adviser) a student can count
almost all Paralegal courses toward the Political Science major.
2 courses required:
POLS 251B Civil
Rights/Civil Liberties 3.0 FS
This course is the same as MCGS 251B which may be substituted.
POLS 255 Legal Para-Professional 3.0 FS
1 course selected from:
POLS 291F Simulation:
Public Law 2.0 FA
Prerequisites: Upper-division standing.
POLS 291G Simulation:
Public Law 3.0 SP
Prerequisites: Upper-division standing.
1 course selected from:
POLS 254 Legal Research 3.0 FS
POLS 256 Legal Analysis 3.0 FS
2 courses required:
POLS 289K Internship
in Public Law 3.0 FS
Prerequisites: Faculty permission.
POLS 289L Internship
in Public Law 3.0 FS
Prerequisites: Faculty permission.
3 courses selected from:
BLAW 211 Commercial
Law 3.0 Inq
Prerequisites: BLAW 100.
BLAW 213 Employment
Law 3.0 FS
Prerequisites: At least junior standing.
BLAW 214 Labor Law/Collective
Bargaining 3.0 FS
Prerequisites: At least junior standing or faculty permission.
EDAD 393 Law and
Education 3.0 FA
FIN 153 Estate Planning 3.0 FS
Prerequisites: FIN 150.
HCSV 233 Laws, Ethics,
& Regs in Hlth Svc 3.0 SP
JOUR 231 Mass Communication
Law 3.0 FS
Prerequisites: COM 001, JOUR 060.
POLS 199 Special
Problems 1.0-3.0 FS
POLS 199 must be taken for 3 units
POLS 243 International
Law 3.0 FS
POLS 254 Legal Research 3.0 FS
OR (the following course may be substituted
for the above)
POLS 256 Legal Analysis 3.0 FS
POLS 264 Administrative
Law 3.0 FA
POLS 265 Administration
of Justice 3.0 FS
POLS 268 Planning
Law 3.0 SP
POLS 293 Community
Research 3.0-15.0 FS
Prerequisites: Approval of the Department of Political Science.
SWRK 280 Law and
Disadvantaged Persons 3.0 Inq
Or other law-related courses selected with prior permission of
the Paralegal Adviser.
The Paralegal Certificate is not granted automatically. Students
must make application through the Department of Political Science
early in their final semester in the program. A 2.5 grade point
average in all courses for the certificate is required.
The Pre-Law Professional Pattern
Those Pre-Law students majoring in Political Science who plan
to enter law school should consider, as part of, or in addition
to, the regular degree requirements for the major in Political Science,
the following courses: law courses in POLS 250 series; the Public
Law internship courses, POLS 289K or POLS 289L; POLS 243, International
Law; POLS 238, Jurisprudence; POLS 264, Administrative Law; POLS
265, The Administration of Justice; POLS 198W, Special (Law) Topics;
and various Business Law courses. See Pre-Law Adviser for additional
information.
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