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Entertainment law. Forensic law.
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Labor law, Real estate law, more in depth courses on Litigation, and Intellectual Property law.
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I would like to see courses related to Immigration, Courses
specifically dedicated to gathering more of an expertise on Family Law,
Landlord Tenant, Trusts.
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Your program seems to cover everything. Perhaps an optional Independent
Paralegal course that covers some business startup coursework.
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N/A
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I don't know if it's possible, but it would be nice for the people with
work experience to have a choice to take courses that are more
challenging... i.e., for someone who does family law all day for ___
no. of years, they could take the available Family Law II class instead
of just family law. I dunno... probably not possible ...
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Absolutely, positively, hands down, no questions asked the curriculum
really needs (and we students deserve) hands-on labs for learning
Summation, Concordance, LiveNote and other discovery management tools.
These companies can provide certificates of completion of their
programs which we can attach to our resumes. Another thing I would like
to see is the Legal Research Lab extended into two separate classes
(Legal Research I and Legal Research II). Legal Research I would be
exactly the same class I already took. Legal Research II would go one
step further by posing legal questions not specifically designed to
point to a single case like Legal Research I; rather, the issue posed
would require us to identify a minimum of three contemporary cases to
support a given position (and perhaps either for extra credit or a
separate assignment identify a minimum of three contemporary cases
opposing the same given position). Further, no clues as to venue or
jurisdiction would be provided - more like the real world. This could
prove to be somewhat labor intensive for the profs in that the
"answers" would probably change every two or three years; however an
"answer" key could be obtained by downloading moving/opposing/reply
papers off of PACER which have a Table of Authorities. Just food for
thought.
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I would like all of them I think that if people can do their work at home it really saves time for them.
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somethign related to Tax laws.
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none come to mind...
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more pratice on the paper work and how to deal with the daily problem that come with the law.
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Something more to do with criminal law (law 16 covers it a bit).
A class on hearsay would be great!
Labor law
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Entertainment industry classes, entreprenuerial law classes.
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I feel the program offers all the programs necessary to touch on most interests in law.
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Bankruptcy, alternative dispute resolution, courses on lexis, maybe CLA prep course
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Immigration/Corporate Procedures in the Health Care Field
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I have one taken one class so far, and signed up for the next one. I
have not taken enough in the program yet to really be able to judge
what is needed. I do believe that to fit into the work force good
skills in writing, English, and communications should be part of the
program. Time management and organizational skills would also be good
to add to the program.
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Intellectual Property, Entertainment, Alternative Dispute Resolution,
Bankruptcy, Healthcare, Computers in the Law Office (i.e., software
programs specifically geared for the legal profession), Law Office
Management (i.e., legal fees, timekeeping, billing, accounting,
calendaring, docket control, case management, marketing, etc.), and
Labor & Employment.
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Some type of an internship course so that we get on the job experience.
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A course or so where we can attend court or even a law firm and capture some hands on experience.
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none
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immigration
course on lexis nexis and other database research programs
course on microsoft word and using it for legal writing and formatting
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I would like to see criminal cases because those cases are the most
interesting and entertaining cases. Those cases have more in depth
meaning and I belive you learn more by the criminal cases.
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none
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I have researched several paralegal programs before I enrolled at LAMC
and I found that the current curriculum fits the need of the program.
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More in criminal law and civil rights violations suffered by those
accused of and or convicted of crime (Guilty as well as wrongly
convicted). State prisons are in the lime light for alot of human
rights violations. Lack of adequate medical care. Non caring
correctional officers. This is not an issue important to the majority
population because their loved ones are not in prison. Only blacks,
mexican and lower rung whites are in the prisons (poor people). When
more of the middle and upper class see their children in prison then
there will be a strong movement to get better medical care for all
inmates. In the meantime good medical care and humane treatment for
inmates has to be initiated through individual law suits. Takes money.
Poor people do not have that money. Most attorneys today are ignorant
of this issue and if they are donot see it as an important issue and or
financially rewarding enough to pursue. Maybe a learned top rate legal
assistant could be helpful in this critical area. Would some type of
course be relevant to the legal program at L.A. Mission college. About
70 per cent of the state inmates are from southern california. Majority
from L.A. County. Legislation does not guarantee improvement. Takes a
law suit to get the intended results. I bring this up as a retired
correctional officer (with a heart). It's a non issue until one of your
loved ones winds up inside a prison.
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n/a
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I would like to see courses about specialized areas such as litigation,
bankruptcy, real estate and contracts that deal with more of the
day-to-day work of the paralegal.
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Common Law: I loved reading Prosser on Torts, years ago. There is a
history, a philosophy, and it is all so interesting. Common law is part
of my psyche as I read it when a former husband was in law school.
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Immigration & computer software used in the law office
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I am pretty happy with the courses that are offered.
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real estate law and entertainment law. After all, we are in Ca.
I'd like to see a class specifically designed to take us through a
typical day as a paralegal. For example, lets say it is a car accident
case. The simulated course teaches us how to conduct a proper
interview, do the calendar, do a discovery (whatever that is), find
laws/codes that apply to that case, and all those things a paralegal
should do with that case from start to finish. This way, the student
knows how todo allthose things. Maybe it is in a course already that I
have not yet taken.
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None
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I am currently happy with the courses being offered.
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I would most definetly suggest a class, which would be most like
working in a law office, with each class focusing on an imaginative
case that just came to the office. This class would start at step one,
with the case being opened and continue through to trial with each
person, opening a "professional" file and keeping "professional" sub
sections of this file, going onto the first piece of legal paperwork
which had to be opened and ending with the file closed. This is the
atmosphere of a law office and with a class which focused in on each
step being done by each person, he would have a more accurate memory of
the procedure and the paperwork requirements for a case. This class
work should be done without "preprinted forms" to merely be filled in
by the Paralegal. The Paralegal should at exit, be capable of locating
the forms, and filling them in properly. At exit, if this is not all
accomplished then the class should be repeated for the benefit of the
student. It is difficult to find an entry level job, in our society.
When found, it is more difficult holding onto that job without the
proper training. So we went to school and earned a certificate. What do
we know, a little here and a little there but not enough to confidently
or accurately accept some instruction from a superior and "remember" it
all come the next task. I know of many students who have entered entry
level positions after completing the courses, which resulted in
termination due to the fact that it was as though they knew nothing of
the necessary office procedures with regards to A through Z of opening
and closing and updating on a case. It's as though they went in with
only some knowledge of words, and applications but without any actual
training of it all. People are cruel and do expect more than you can
imagine from a graduated student of law.
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Law Office Mgmt
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Real Estate
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what a great program
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