The two-year associate degree Legal Studies/Paralegal program will prepare you for highly responsible entry-level paralegal and other legal positions. You will take courses that provide you with basic competencies, including:

• Critical thinking
• Problem solving
• Oral, written, and verbal and non-verbal communication skills
• Computer skills
• Ethics

The subjects you will cover in the core coursework include:

• Ethics
• Substantive and procedural law
• The American legal system
• Delivery of legal services
• Law offices and related environments
• The paralegal profession
• Legal research and writing
• Law-related computer skills
• Legal interviewing and investigation

You must complete at least 9 credits or the equivalent of legal specialty courses in person, online live or classroom live.

Upon completion of Madison College's Legal Studies/Paralegal program, you will be qualified for employment by a lawyer, law office, corporation, governmental agency or other entity to perform designated and substantive legal work for which a lawyer is responsible. Please note that paralegals may not provide legal services to the public, except as permitted by law.