Profile of Paralegal/Legal Assistant Program: New York City College of TechnologyParalegal Programs in New York - Paralegal Programs in the United States Description and details about the paralegal or legal assistant program at New York City College of Technology in Brooklyn, New York.
School: New York City College of Technology
Location: Brooklyn, New York
Program Name: Legal Assistant Studies
Degrees/Certificates/Diplomas: Bachelor of Science, Associate of Applied Science
Profile:
New York City College of Technology was established in 1946 as the New York State Institute of Applied Arts and Sciences. It has 336 full-time and 701 part-time faculty members and nearly 30,000 students. It offers 17 baccalaureates programs, 29 associate degree programs, and 13 certificate programs. The courses are offered days, evenings, and weekends as well as having a special batch in the summer. Students have to complete an internship program too. The Associate in Applied Science in Legal Assistant Studies includes the required courses: • Legal Technology • Advanced Legal Research or Internship and Seminar II • Senior Legal Seminar and five from the following courses • Taxation • Trial Preparation, • Employment and Labor Law • Forensic Science and the Legal Process • Law Office Management • Bankruptcy, Immigration • Administrative Law • Trademark, Copyright • Patent and Legal Modules Other courses include, • Language and Thinking • Law Through Literature • Constitutional Law or Law and Society • Statistics I or, Probability and Statistics I • Philosophy of Law • Oral Interpretation of Literature • Psychology - any 2000 series or higher • Laboratory Science II The Bachelor of Science in Legal Assistant studies is the first baccalaureate in paralegal studies offered at any public college in New York. Courses include • Introduction to Paralegal Studies • Civil Law and Procedure, Legal Research • Real Estate Estates • Trusts and Wills • Family Law • Legal Research II • Legal Document Preparation • Legal Internship and Seminar I • Elements of Accounting • Introduction to Microcomputer • English Composition • English Composition • Mathematics • Introduction to Philosophy • Laboratory Science • Effective Speaking The students have to select one amongst Business Organization and Commercial Law, Torts and Insurance Law and Criminal Law.
| 