Georgetown University School of Continuing Studies

Paralegal Studies Program

Summer Program

Summer Intensive Certificate Program (14 weeks, full-time)
The full-time Summer Certificate Program meets Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. for 10-weeks, followed by a 4-week internship. The program begins the third week of May and ends the week before Labor Day.

Semester Start/End Dates:
The 2012 Summer Intensive Program begins May 29th and ends September 7th.

Click Here to download the Summer Intensive 2012 Class Schedule

Applications for the 2012 Summer Intensive Program are now being accepted. The deadline for applications May 1, 2012.

General Legal Track

Summer Intensive Certificate Program    

Week One - Five
FUNDAMENTALS

Week Six - Ten
SKILL DEVELOPMENT

Internship
APPLICATION

-Legal Research & Writing
Must receive a "C" or above.
-Civil Procedure
Must receive a "C" or above.
-Legal Ethics
Must receive a "C" or above.
-Contract Law
-Corporate Law Practice
-Paralegal Seminar
-Advanced Legal Writing Seminar
Must receive a "C" or above.
-Advanced Litigation & Trial Practice
Must receive a "C" or above.
-Legal Technology
-Tort Law
-Paralegal Seminars
-Legal Specialty Elective**
-Internship
**Electives offered have included Administrative Law, Bankruptcy Law, Employment Law, Immigration Law, Intellectual Property Law, International Law, and Real Estate Law.


Litigation Technology/Legal Project Management Track

Summer Intensive Certificate Program
 
 
Week One - Five
FUNDAMENTALS
Week Six - Ten
SKILL DEVELOPMENT
Internship
APPLICATION
-Legal Research & Writing
Must receive a "C" or above.
-Civil Procedure
Must receive a "C" or above.
-Legal Ethics
Must receive a "C" or above.
-Contract Law
-Corporate Law Practice
-Advanced Legal Writing Seminar
Must receive a "C" or above.
-Advanced Litigation & Trial Technology
-eDiscovery
-Legal Project Management
-Paralegal Seminar
-Internship

Required Courses:

Adv. Legal Writing Seminar
Advanced Litigation and Trial Practice
Contract Law
Corporate Law Practice
Introduction to Litigation
Legal Research and Writing
Legal Technology
Paralegal Internship
Paralegal Seminar
PARALEGAL SPECIALTY ELECTIVE I
PARALEGAL SPECIALTY ELECTIVE II
Tort Law

Elective Courses:

Immigration Law
Intellectual Property
Intro to Administrative Law
Intro to Employment Law

Core:

Legal Ethics

Courses:

Academic Scholars Program
Introduction to Trademark Law
Paralegal Seminar - Part 2

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