Georgetown University School of Continuing Studies

Paralegal Studies Program

Evening Program

Evening Certificate Program (one-year, part-time)
The part-time Evening Program consists of three 15-week semesters.  Classes are held on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and alternate Wednesdays from 6:15 p.m. until 9:50 p.m. First semester students can begin in either the fall (the week after Labor Day) or spring (the second week in January). Each semester students take four regular courses and one special session. Regular courses meet two evenings a week on Tuesdays and Thursdays for approximately three hours each night. Special sessions (SS) are held on four Wednesday evenings throughout the semester for three hours per night.

Semester Start/End Dates:

The 2011 Fall Evening semester begins August 30, 2011 and ends December 8, 2011.
The 2012 Spring Evening semester begins January 11, 2012 and ends May 7, 2012

General Legal Track

Evening Certificate Program    

Semester One
FUNDAMENTALS

Semester Two
SKILL DEVELOPMENT

Semester Three
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
-The Professional Paralegal (SS) 
Graded either "SC" or "U".
-Academic Scholar Program*
-Advanced Legal Research & Writing
Must receive a "C" or above.
-Advanced Litigation & Trial Practice
Must receive a "C" or above.
-Legal Technology
-Corporate Law
-Paralegal Educational Seminars (SS)
Graded either "SC" or "U".
-Advanced Legal Writing Seminar
Must receive a "C" or above.
-Tort Law
-Legal Specialty I**
-Legal Specialty II**

*The Academic Support Program assists first semester Paralegal Studies students in achieving academic success and gaining skill sets to obtain future employment as paralegals through subject matter study groups and skill workshops.

**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

Evening Certificate Program
 
 
Semester One
FUNDAMENTALS
Semester Two
SKILL DEVELOPMENT
Semester Three
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
-The Professional Paralegal (SS) 
Graded either "SC" or "U".
-Academic Scholar Program*
-Advanced Legal Research & Writing
Must receive a "C" or above.
-Advanced Litigation & Trial Practice
Must receive a "C" or above.
-Legal Technology
-Corporate Law
-Paralegal Educational Seminars (SS)
Graded either "SC" or "U".
-Advanced Litigation & Trial Technology
-eDiscovery
-Legal Project Management

Required Courses:

Adv. Legal Writing Seminar
Advanced Legal Research and Writing
Advanced Litigation and Trial Practice
Civil Procedure
Contract Law
Corporate Law
Legal Ethics
Legal Writing and Research
Paralegal Education Seminars
The Professional Paralegal
Tort Law

Elective Courses:

Employment Law
Intellectual Property
Intro to Administrative Law

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