The Legal Studies Program prepares non-lawyer personnel to perform support services for professionals in law firms, government offices, trust departments, real estate offices, accounting firms and other law related activities. Under a lawyer‘s supervision, Legal Assistants or Paralegals are expected to perform a wide variety of functions. These include interviewing clients and witnesses, researching legal authority, analyzing factual and legal situations,...
The Bachelor of Arts in Legal Studies program will prepare you for careers in law, public administration, civic and organizational management.
Components of this degree include research, critical thinking and argumentation. You will examine competing theories of law; investigate the relationships between law, power, democracy, punishment, rights and citizenship; explore historical foundations of the American legal order; work to understand major...
The intercollegiate and interdisciplinary Program in Legal Studies seeks to illuminate law from a liberal arts perspective, with ideas and methods from disciplines in the social sciences and humanities. It is also intended to help unify and increase the student‘s appreciation of these other disciplines by using them to study law as a central social phenomenon and repository of values.
By contrast, American law schools are specialized graduate institutions,...
The literature major enables students to understand and appreciate our literary heritage and allows them to pursue their individual literary interests. The major requires a structured series of courses on the principal writers of English and American literature and permits a wide range of electives. Because it emphasizes close reading, careful analysis, and extensive experience in writing, the literature major has been found useful by students entering...
The purpose of the Bachelor of Science in Legal Studies is to prepare graduates for a career in the legal field. The Legal Studies Program emphasizes substantive legal knowledge, excellent reading, writing, and critical thinking skills, technology skills, an understanding of government systems, and an appreciation of the myriad of ethics rules that govern the legal profession. Graduates will also acquire the specific law office skills necessary to...
Students in Political Science examine how humans organize their societies and make collective choices for the whole. They focus on the behavior of individuals (both ordinary people and leaders) and groups, and on the institutions that humans use to make and implement public policy decisions. Political Science majors focus on American and National issues. The major examine not just ’governments,“ but the entire process of governing.
The Legal Studies curriculum is a liberal arts program designed for students who are considering vocations in law, government, civil service, law enforcement, corrections, and social ministries. It features a concentration of courses that gives an emphasis to critical thinking, reading, speaking, writing, and logical argumentation. It also provides the broad course content needed to prepare the student for a variety of law-related professions or for...
Program Overview The Equality Concentration examines the meaning of equality, the ways the law promotes or limits equality, and whether the professional role of the lawyer enhances equality for the client and for society. The doctrinal objective is to give a basic familiarity with specific constitutional and statutory sources for civil rights. The substantive areas studied are employment discrimination and Section 1983 actions against governmental...
Program Overview Immigrants have complicated relationships with law and government in the United States. Immigration, both legal and undocumented, has been one of the foundations of economic and cultural development throughout U.S. history. However, it is also true that immigrants are targeted as scapegoats by law-makers during times of real and illusory threat to U.S. national and economic security. Law becomes the instrument by which immigrants...
Have you earned an associate degree in court reporting and are interested in taking your career in court reporting to the next level? The Bachelor of Science in Court Reporting (BSCR) degree program can train you in the skills necessary to pursue a management career in the heart of the legal system or any transcription-related field.
This degree program offers those who are looking for a career inside...
Become an essential and vital part of a legal team with a BA degree Legal Studies from Keiser University. Interested in pursuing a law degree? Our bachelor's program prepares students with courses such as legal research, criminal law, contracts, wills and trusts, torts, and family law. Legal Studies graduates may work with private or corporate law firms, banks, government agencies, title companies...
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