Paralegal
Offered Fall, Spring and Summer Semesters
This course is a study of the various classifications and functions of tort law, including intentional and negligent torts, causation, proximate cause and defenses.
Offered Fall, Spring and Summer Semesters
This course is a study of the basics of commercial law, with emphasis on the formation and enforcement of contracts and the rules particular to the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) and sales of goods.
Offered Summer and Spring Semesters as needed
Prerequisite: LEG 121
This course is an in-depth study of the Uniform Commercial Code with special emphasis on the essentials of Article 3, Commercial Paper and Article 9, Secured Transactions. Business partnerships and corporations and their formation are studied.
Offered Fall, Spring and Summer Semesters
Co-requisites: LEG 132 and LEG 201 may be taken together only by students who possess a bachelor’s degree and are on the one-year track
This course is a study of the methods of legal research, proper citation of authority, use of legal treatises, texts, reporters and digests.
Offered Fall, Spring and Summer Semesters
This course provides a general introduction to law, including courts, legal terminology, procedures, systems and laws of society. Emphasis is on ethics and the role of the paralegal in the legal system.
Offered Fall and Spring Semesters
Co-requisites: LEG 132 and LEG 201 may be taken together by students who possess a bachelor’s degree and are on the one-year track
This course is a study of the principles of litigation and the rules of procedure for each court in the South Carolina system including pleading, practice and discovery procedures.
Offered Spring and Summer Semesters
Prerequisites: LEG 201
Co-requisites: LEG 240 (required)
This course includes an in-depth examination of the principles of litigation, focusing on the application of civil techniques and the role of a paralegal using hypothetical cases.
Offered Fall Semester
This course is a study of the history of workers’ compensation case laws, statutes, regulations and procedures in handling claims.
Offered Spring and Summer Semesters
This course includes an examination of the laws of marriage, divorce, annulment, separation, adoption, custody and the juvenile.
Offered Fall and Spring Semesters
This course includes an overview of South Carolina property law, including the mechanics of various commercial and private property transactions and mortgage foreclosures.
Offered Fall, Spring and Summer Semesters
Pre- or Co-requisite: ENG 101 (required)
This course includes methods, techniques and procedures for the research and preparation of legal memoranda, trial and appellate briefs and trial notebooks.
Offered Fall and Spring Semesters
This course includes a detailed study of testacy and intestacy, preparation of wills and codicils and fundamentals of trust and probate administration.
Offered Spring and Summer Semesters
Prerequisites: LEG 201
Co-requisite: LEG 202 (required)
This course is an in-depth study of investigating claims, interviewing and taking statements, collecting data, assembling and presenting evidence.
Offered Spring Semester
Prerequisites: Upper-level students with a minimum of 3.0 GPA; instructor consent required.
This course is designed to provide the paralegal student with an opportunity to gain hands-on experience and apply the skills and knowledge in a law office or other suitable location where paralegals are employed.
Offered Fall, Spring and Summer Semesters
Co-requisites: LEG 135, LEG 230 and LEG 262 may be taken together by students who possess a bachelor’s degree and are on the one-year track
This course introduces computer applications in various litigation and courtroom settings using general computer and legal software programs.
Offered Spring and Summer Semesters
Prerequisite: Eligibility for NALA exam and instructor approval required
This course provides a review and preparation for testing for a national paralegal certification exam.