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Profile of Paralegal/Legal Assistant Program: Northampton Community College

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Description and details about the paralegal or legal assistant program at Northampton Community College in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

School: Northampton Community College

Location: Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

Program Name: Paralegal/Legal Assistant Program

Degrees/Certificates/Diplomas: Associate of Applied Science

Profile:

Northampton Community College founded in 1967, offers high school graduates as well as adult learners a variety of programs. Most classes are offered during evening and on weekends too apart from the regular daytime classes. It offers more than 100 transfer and career programs leading to associates degrees, certificates, and diplomas. It has about 1,200 full- and part-time employees and serves nearly 300,000 students.

Northampton Community College offers an Associate in Applied Science degree in Paralegal studies that is ABA approved. The institution also has articulation agreements with two colleges; Peirce College, Philadelphia, and the Pennsylvania College of Technology, Williamsport, PA which ensures that students may pursue a bachelor's degree in paralegal studies.

Students are taught by faculty who are professionally qualified with many years of experience and who are currently practicing. Students have to undergo a compulsory internship program at a private law firm, corporate legal office, or governmental law office.

The curriculum includes programs such as:

Speech Communication

• English I

• Keyboarding I

• Introduction to Paralegal Studies

• Real Estate Law

• English II

• Word Processing Applications

• Law Office Procedures

• Litigation Practice and Procedure

• Paralegal Elective

• General Education Elective