Legal Assistant/Paralegal Certificate
This program provides students with knowledge and skills needed by paralegals and other personnel responsible for assisting professional in law offices. Graduates earn a Certificate in Legal Assistant/Paralegal. Note that AAS degree and certificate programs are not designed to be transfer programs, however the Enterprise State Community College Paralegal Program is approved by the American Bar Association (ABA) and other schools approved by the ABA may accept legal specialty courses that are equivalent in nature.
In addition to the required legal specialty courses, the American Bar Association guidelines require that a student in the Certificate program obtain a minimum of eighteen (18) hours of general education courses in at least three (3) disciplines. The Alabama Commission on Higher Education has approved a suggested sequence of courses for the Certificate program; however general education courses may be substituted upon approval on a case by case basis. General education credits may be obtained through transfer credits.
Note that AAS degree, certificate, and short-term certificate programs are not designed to be transfer programs.
Requirements
NOTICE: Per the American Bar Association Guidelines, a student must have taken at least nine (9) semester credit hours (3 courses) upon graduation of legal specialty courses using synchronous instruction in a fully online program.
NOTICE: Students must take English Comp I and English Comp II (from Area I)
Area I: Written Composition I and II
**NOTICE: The remaining 12 general education credits may be chosen from at least 2 other disciplines found below in Area II, III, or IV
Area II: Humanities and Fine Arts
Area III: Natural Science and Mathematics
Area IV: History, Social, and Behavioral Sciences
Area V: General Education Core, Technical Concentration, and Electives
Total Credit Hours: 46
Suggested Course Sequence for Full-Time Students
Fall Year 1
Spring Year 1
Summer Year 1
| ENG 102 | English Composition II | 3 |
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| SPH 106 | Fund Of Oral Communication | 3 |
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| | Humanities, English Elective, History, Social or Behavioral Science | |
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| ART 100 | Art Appreciation | 3 |
| | Or | |
| MUS 101 | Music Appreciation | 3 |
| | Or | |
| MTH 116 | Mathematical Applications | 3 |
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| PHS 111 | Physical Science I | 4 |
| | Or | |
| BIO 103 | Principles Of Biology I | 4 |