Paralegal

Upon completion of the Paralegal Certificate, students are able to:

• Read, write, recognize, research, analyze, and discuss legal issues, cases, laws, and rules
• Recognize diversity issues in order to interact with others appropriately and research effectively
• Use online database information, conventional libraries, and other relevant resources
• Establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with supervisors, co-workers, clients, and others
• Maintain composure; work well independently and under stress
• Comprehend and communicate information and ideas, in writing and orally
• Arrange things and actions based on specific patterns or rules
• Apply general laws and rules to specific circumstances to provide clear answers
• Analyze ethical issues and apply ethical standards in assignments for a variety of legal questions
• Assume positions in law offices, municipal agencies, private industry and other workplaces
• Provide agency or law office services within the ethical standards of the legal profession
• Transfer to Associate's degree programs

This occupational profile is provided by O*NET.

Adjunct Faculty

Chantal Hayes Rice
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: 774.330.4361

Zara Kilmurray
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: 774.330.4361