Paralegal Marist University

Overview

This Paralegal course from Marist University is for you if you enjoy dealing with legal issues, you should consider a career as a legal assistant, or paralegal. The field has seen huge growth over the past 30 years, and it is expected to continue to be one of the fastest-growing over the next 10 years.

Paralegals work with lawyers to conduct research; investigate facts; analyze, digest, and draft documents; interview clients and witnesses. Most paralegals work in law offices, corporations, and government agencies. To be effective, paralegals must be organized, analytical and good communicators. They must also enjoy research and writing. Paralegals may not provide legal services directly to the public, except as permitted by law.

Key facts:

The objective of the Marist Paralegal programme is to offer organized and comprehensive training in the theory, information, and skills required to qualify as a paralegal, in accordance with the guidelines established by the American Bar Association. 

The Paralegal programme at Marist University is offered within the context of the educational purpose of the University and its commitment to liberal arts, humanist, value-oriented curriculum. Our programme meets its objectives in a number of ways Faculty in the programme are drawn from the Marist faculty, and from practicing lawyers and law office administrators in the Mid-Hudson area.  

The program encourages a generalist orientation among its students, while stressing specific competency in paralegal studies. programme matriculates may satisfy the programme generalist requirement by having a baccalaureate degree, by being enrolled in the University‘s baccalaureate programme contemporaneously with the Paralegal programme or by having at least 36 general education university credits.