LA101 - Fundamentals of  Paralegal Assisting

This course is designed specifically for those without prior background in the law or legal assisting, offering a comprehensive but extremely concise and to the point overview of legal principles. It covers a variety of areas such as contracts, civil and criminal law, procedure and discovery, legal research, real estate, and decedents' estates while focusing on the ethical responsibilities of legal assistants. Introducing students to specific skills including the writing of briefs and analysis of statutory materials.  Topics include, service on out-of-state defendants; reduction of service of process costs in federal court; and in rem and quasi in rem cases. the relationship between tort and breach of contract actions as part of civil law, explores the differences between statutory and common-law marriages, and indicates the requirements that must be shown for each one,  joint ownership; property laws; service of process issues; and dissolution of marriage matters,  reading and briefing of cases; legal research; writing skills; ethics; and contracts.

Basics of Paralegal Studies, The, 3/e, David Lee Goodrich, 2001

ISBN 0-13-088331-X