Legal Administration/ ParalegalFaculty: S.W. Harrell (Director), M.T. Stopp
The Legal Administration program offers an alternative to law school for those who wish to work in the legal field in a capacity other than that of an attorney, primarily as a paralegal. Three options are available to students seeking the B.A. in Legal Administration: students entering the program with no previous paralegal course work will follow the basic option; students with associate's degrees in a paralegal field, may be offered an advanced option upon consultation and approval of the legal administration advisor; and the pre-law option is for students who have a desire to attend law school, but who may wish to work as a paralegal/legal assistant before attending law school.
PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
In addition to general University requirements and General Studies requirements, students seeking the B.A. in Legal Administration must meet the requirements listed below.
A grade of "C" is required for all courses listed as core courses in any of the options. All Legal Administration majors must successfully complete PLA 4111, notwithstanding any prior coursework in legal research and writing.
Course descriptions are listed alphabetically by prefix at Course Listings/Descriptions.
LOWER DIVISION REQUIREMENTS (60 SH)
General Studies (36 sh)
Common Prerequisites
| None | |||
Electives (24 sh)
| Lower Division Electives | |||
BASIC OPTION
UPPER DIVISION REQUIREMENTS (60 SH)
Major (30 sh)
| Mandatory Core (18 sh) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| PLA 3691 | Law and Society | 3 | |
| * | PLA 4103 | Legal Research & Writing | 3 |
| * | PLA 4111 | Advanced Legal Research & Writing | 3 |
| PLA 4203 | Litigation | 3 | |
| PLA 4273 | Tort Law | 3 | |
| PLA 4263 | Evidence | 3 | |
* Advisor permission required
| Elective Core (6 sh) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Choose two: | |||
| PLA 3429 | Contracts & Business Entities | 3 | |
| PLA 3504 | Real Estate Law | 3 | |
| PLA 3603 | Probate & Estate Planning | 3 | |
| Electives (choose two): | |||
| PLA 3803 | Domestic Law | 3 | |
| PLA 4303 | Criminal Law | 3 | |
| PLA 4453 | Consumer Rights | 3 | |
| PLA 4693 | Women & The Law | 3 | |
| PLA 4763 | Law Office Management | 3 | |
| * | PLA 4941 | Legal Administration Internship | 3 |
*Advisor permission required
Major-Related Courses (21 sh)
| CGS 2570 | Microcomputer Application Packages | 3 | |
| COM 4110 | Business & Professional Communication | 3 | |
| MAN 3025 | Management Fundamentals | 3 | |
| ACG 2021 | Principles of Financial Accounting | 3 | |
| If ACG 2021 is completed at lower division, choose one of the following: | |||
| BUL 3130 | Legal Environment of Business | 3 | |
| GEB 4444 | Business, Ethics & Society | 3 | |
| Choose one: | |||
| PHI 2100 | Introduction to Logic | 3 | |
| PHI 3670 | Ethics | 3 | |
| Choose one: | |||
| CCJ 3203 | Judicial Process | 3 | |
| POS 3625 | First Amendment Freedoms | 3 | |
| POS 3623 | Civil Rights | 3 | |
| POS 3603 | American Constitutional Law | 3 | |
| POS 3424 | The Legislative Process | 3 | |
| CCJ 3024 | Crime & the Criminal Justice System | 3 | |
| CCJ 4501 | Juvenile Justice | 3 | |
| EUH 4503 | English Constitutional & Legal History | 3 | |
| One 3000/4000-level course from any of the following disciplines: | |||
| Political Science, History, Social Work, Criminal Justice, Sociology, | |||
| Psychology, Geography (social/cultural), Economics, Anthropology | 3 | ||
Electives (9 sh)
| Upper/Lower Division Electives | |||
ADVANCED OPTION
UPPER DIVISION REQUIREMENTS (60 SH)
Major courses (33 sh)
All basic option mandatory core courses and elective core courses not previously completed must be taken as an advanced option mandatory core course. These courses are:
| Mandatory Core (27 sh) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| PLA 3691 | Law & Society | 3 | |
| * | PLA 4111 | Advanced Legal Rsearch & Writing | 3 |
| PLA 4273 | Tort Law | 3 | |
| PLA 4263 | Evidence | 3 | |
| PLA 4203 | Litigation | 3 | |
| * | PLA 4103 | Legal Research & Writing | 3 |
| PLA 3429 | Contracts & Business Entities | 3 | |
| PLA 3504 | Real Estate Law | 3 | |
| PLA 3603 | Probate/Estate Planning | 3 | |
* Advisor permission required
| Electives (choose the remainder of the 33 sh in the major from): | |||
| PLA 3803 | Domestic Law | 3 | |
| PLA 4763 | Law Office Management | 3 | |
| PLA 4303 | Criminal Law | 3 | |
| PLA 4453 | Consumer Rights | 3 | |
| PLA 4693 | Women & the Law | 3 | |
| * | PLA 4941 | Legal Administration Internship | 3 |
| POS 3625 | First Amendment Freedoms | 3 | |
| CCJ 3203 | Judicial Process | 3 | |
| POS 3623 | Civil Rights | 3 | |
| POS 3603 | American Constitutional Law | 3 | |
| POS 3424 | The Legislative Process | 3 | |
| INR 4403 | International Law | 3 | |
| CCJ 3xxx | Legal Aspects of Law Enforcement | 3 | |
| CCJ 3024 | Crime & the Criminal Justice System | 3 | |
| CCJ 4501 | Juvenile Justice | 3 | |
| EUH 4503 | English Constitutional & Legal History | 3 | |
| MMC 4201 | The Constitution & the Press | 3 | |
*Advisor permission required
Major-Related (15 sh)
| CGS 2570 | Microcomputer Application Packages | 3 | |
| MAN 3025 | Management Fundamentals | 3 | |
| COM 4110 | Business & Professional Communication | ||
| ACG 2021 | Principles of Financial Accounting | 3 | |
| If ACG 2021 is completed at lower-division, choose one of the following: | |||
| BUL 3130 | Legal Environment of Business | 3 | |
| GEB 4444 | Business, Ethics & Society | 3 | |
| Choose one: | |||
| PHI 3670 | Ethics | 3 | |
| PHI 2100 | Introduction to Logic | 3 | |
Electives (12 sh)
| Upper/Lower Division Electives | |||
PRE-LAW OPTION
UPPER DIVISION REQUIREMENTS (60 SH)
Major Courses (33 sh)
| Mandatory Core (24 sh) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| PLA 3691 | Law & Society | 3 | |
| PLA 3429 | Contracts & Business Entities | 3 | |
| PLA 4203 | Litigation | 3 | |
| PLA 4273 | Tort Law | 3 | |
| PLA 4263 | Evidence | 3 | |
| * | PLA 4103 | Legal Research & Writing | 3 |
| * | PLA 4111 | Advanced Legal Research & Writing | 3 |
* Advisor permission required
| Choose one: | |||
| PLA 3504 | Real Estate Law | 3 | |
| PLA 3603 | Probate | 3 | |
| Theory Core (9 sh) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Choose 2 courses: | |||
| EUH 4503 | English Constitutional & Legal History | 3 | |
| POS 4673 | Jurisprudence | 3 | |
| POS 3424 | Legislatie Process | 3 | |
| POT 4601 | Masters of Political Thought | 3 | |
| Only one of these courses can be selected: | |||
| POS 3603 | American Constitutional Law | 3 | |
| POS 3625 | First Amendment Freedoms | 3 | |
| POS 3623 | Civil Rights | 3 | |
| Choose 1 course: | |||
| CLP 3144 | Abnormal Psychology | 3 | |
| PPE 4003 | Theories of Personality | 3 | |
| SOP 3662 | Organizational Behavior | 3 | |
| SYP 3004 | Social Psychology | 3 | |
Major Related (21 sh)
| CGS 2570 | Microcomputer Packages | 3 | |
| COM 4110 | Business & Professional Communication | 3 | |
| PHI 2100 | Logic | 3 | |
| Choose 1 course: | |||
| PHI 2600 | Ethics in Contemporary Society | 3 | |
| PHI 3600 | Ethics | 3 | |
| PHI 4636 | Ethics & the Professions | 3 | |
| Restricted Electives | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Choose 3 courses: | |||
| AMH 3311 | Social & Cultural History of American To 1877 | 3 | |
| AMH 3313 | U.S. Society & Culture in the 20th Century | 3 | |
| AMH 4270 | Recent America | 3 | |
| AMH 4291 | Guilded Age | 3 | |
| ANT 3410 | Cultural Anthropology | 3 | |
| CCJ 3020 | Crime & the Criminal Justice System | 3 | |
| EUH 3122 | High Middle Ages | 3 | |
| EUH 3501 | England to 1603 | 3 | |
| EUH 4521 | Victorian England | 3 | |
| REL 4441 | Current Religious Issues | 3 | |
| SYG 3010 | Current Social Problems | 3 | |
| PAD 3003 | Administration of Public Institutions | 3 | |
Electives (6 sh)
| Upper/Lower Division Electives | 6 | ||
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