UCLA Extension Paralegal Studies Program Brochure

Program Goals and Objectives Contact Information

The goals of the UCLA Extension Paralegal Training The objectives of the Paralegal Training Program are: Start your journey to success now by contacting us at (310) 825-0741, Program are to prepare students: • To provide candidates with high quality and ABA-approved email [email protected] for more information. Or, visit • To function as ethical, effective, and efficient professional instruction with an emphasis on substantive and procedural uclaextension.edu/paralegal to apply today. paralegals in law firms, businesses, government, and law, legal analysis, and practical paralegal skills from a nonprofit organizations; variety of legal professionals including judges, attorneys, and paralegals; • To perform a wide variety of legal work under the supervision Success Stories of attorneys; and • To develop in candidates a practical understanding of the role, function, and ethical responsibilities of paralegals in Our graduates have gone on to some of the best organizations • To adapt easily to the changing role of the paralegal and various legal environments; and positions in the country, including: to the changing needs of the legal community. Companies & Organizations • To provide candidates and graduates with guidance and tools for successful career planning and professional • 20th Century Fox development in the legal profession. • Alliance for Children’s Rights • Annapurna Pictures The Future of the • California Department of Justice • CBS Paralegal Profession What Do Paralegals Do? • Children’s Hospital Los Angeles People will always need lawyers, and lawyers will Paralegals are an integral part of the legal process and • City National Bank always need paralegals. are generally assigned to “perform specifically delegated • Disney substantive work for which a lawyer is responsible.” As a growing number of organizations begin to hire more • HBO paralegals—from corporate legal departments and By definition, a paralegal is “a person, qualified by • MGM Studios insurance companies, to real estate, banks, and even the education, training, or work experience,” who provides • Red Bull entertainment industry—there will be an increased ethical and cost-effective assistance in helping research demand for qualified candidates. legal issues; file and organize documents; conduct • NBCUniversal interviews; gather facts; and monitor pending transactions, • U.S. Attorney’s Office Paralegals from ABA-approved programs—those with the potential claims, or lawsuits. highest caliber of training—will be in a favored position to Law Firms benefit from new career opportunities. Our program qualifies graduates to hold themselves as paralegals under the California Business & Professions • Christie, Parker & Hale LLP Will you be ready? Code §6450. It has been designed specifically to prepare • Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP students to perform and adapt successfully in an ever- • Glaser Weil Fink Howard Avchen & Shapiro LLP About UCLA Extension changing legal environment. • Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman & Machtinger LLP We create extraordinary learning experiences for adults of all Join us. • Irell & Manella LLP ages. UCLA Extension is the continuing education division of • Jackson Lewis P.C. the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA). We offer • Kirkland & Ellis LLP courses evenings and weekends in Westwood and Downtown L.A., plus online classes available around the globe. Courses • Latham & Watkins LLP range from business, arts, engineering, and IT to entertainment • Loeb & Loeb LLP studies, public policy, public health, the humanities, and more. • Los Angeles City Attorney Explore UCLA Extension at uclaextension.edu. • Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP Business, Management & Legal Programs • Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP TRACK R N E E C • Paul Hastings, LLP V O

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The goals of the UCLA Extension Paralegal Training The objectives of the Paralegal Training Program are: Start your journey to success now by contacting us at (310) 825-0741, Program are to prepare students: • To provide candidates with high quality and ABA-approved email [email protected] for more information. Or, visit • To function as ethical, effective, and efficient professional instruction with an emphasis on substantive and procedural uclaextension.edu/paralegal to apply today. paralegals in law firms, businesses, government, and non- law, legal analysis, and practical paralegal skills from a profit organizations variety of legal professionals including judges, attorneys, and paralegals • To perform a wide variety of legal work under the supervision Success Stories of attorneys • To develop in candidates a practical understanding of the role, function, and ethical responsibilities of paralegals in Our graduates have gone on to some of the best organizations • To adapt easily to the changing role of the paralegal and various legal environments and positions in the country, including: to the changing needs of the legal community Companies & Organizations • To provide candidates and graduates with guidance and tools for successful career planning and professional • 20th Century Fox development in the legal profession • Alliance for Children’s Rights • Annapurna Pictures The Future of the • California Department of Justice • CBS Paralegal Profession What Do Paralegals Do? • Children’s Hospital Los Angeles People will always need lawyers, and lawyers will Paralegals are an integral part of the legal process and • City National Bank always need paralegals. are generally assigned to “perform specifically delegated • Disney substantive work for which a lawyer is responsible.” As a growing number of organizations begin to hire more • HBO paralegals—from corporate legal departments and By definition, a paralegal is “a person, qualified by • MGM Studios insurance companies, to real estate, banks, and even the education, training, or work experience,” who provides • Red Bull entertainment industry—there will be an increased ethical and cost-effective assistance in helping research demand for qualified candidates. legal issues; file and organize documents; conduct • NBCUniversal interviews; gather facts; and monitor pending transactions, • U.S. Attorney’s Office Paralegals from ABA-approved programs—those with the potential claims, or lawsuits. highest caliber of training—will be in a favored position to Law Firms benefit from new career opportunities. Our program qualifies graduates to hold themselves as paralegals under the California Business & Professions • Christie, Parker & Hale LLP Will you be ready? Code §6450. It has been designed specifically to prepare • Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP students to perform and adapt successfully in an ever- • Glaser Weil Fink Howard Avchen & Shapiro LLP About UCLA Extension changing legal environment. • Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman & Machtinger LLP We create extraordinary learning experiences for adults of all Join us. • Irell & Manella LLP ages. UCLA Extension is the continuing education division of • Jackson Lewis P.C. the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA). We offer • Kirkland & Ellis LLP courses evenings and weekends in Westwood and Downtown L.A., plus online classes available around the globe. Courses • Latham & Watkins LLP range from business, arts, engineering, and IT to entertainment • Loeb & Loeb LLP studies, public policy, public health, the humanities, and more. • Los Angeles City Attorney Explore UCLA Extension at uclaextension.edu. • Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP Business, Management & Legal Programs • Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP TRACK R N E E C • Paul Hastings LLP V O

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32620-19 Not printed at state expense. Printed with green ink on recycled paper. The UCLA Extension Difference A Lifetime of Career Services Paralegal Studies Program For over four decades, UCLA Extension’s Paralegal Training By building long-term relationships with our graduates and Program & Application Info Program (PTP) has been a leader in paralegal education, instructors, we’re able to provide a lifetime of career assistance. Process: A screening committee reviews your application and earning the respect of the legal community for its Our graduates can contact career counseling and job search Recognized by employers throughout Los Angeles and considers a combination of factors in making its decision: continuing tradition of excellence. services at any time. beyond, the program equips students with a thorough understanding of the functions and ethics needed in this academic history, professional experience, life experience, ABA-approved program: The PTP was one of the first Our Vision: We’ll engage the power of education to ever-growing profession. Whether you intend to eventually and writing ability. You also need to have your college or programs to be approved by the American Bar Association transform lives, businesses, and communities worldwide. work as a paralegal in a law firm, corporation, government, university forward official transcripts, or for international as meeting high standards in faculty selection, academics, Career Services: We offer one-on-one career counseling to or nonprofit organization, our certificates encompass students, an official transcript evaluation report. resources, curriculum, programming, administration, and major legal subjects with an emphasis on the practical our students and graduates through resume reviews, interview All applicants must be accepted into the program before student services. applications of the material covered. The program provides preparation sessions, a mock interview program, and career enrolling. If you have the minimum educational requirements, relevant coursework for students considering a new workshops. Our online job board is active and constantly complete and submit an application. Applications can be paralegal career or current paralegals who wish to expand updated and maintained, exclusively for our grads and students. obtained online at uclaextension.edu/paralegal. We remain constantly connected through our associations their knowledge base. Applicants must possess the following to be eligible for with the paralegal community. Start today along a new path of opportunity. the program: Instructors approved by UCLA School of Law: Real-world Networking: We work closely with professional paralegal • A baccalaureate or higher degree from a regionally experience is one of the cornerstones of our program and associations and maintain contacts with legal search firms, so our Post-Baccalaureate Program Curriculum* accredited college or university training. That’s why all of our instructors are attorneys, students and graduates can participate in events and learn about Introduction judges, paralegals, and other legal professionals, selected the latest networking opportunities from the inside. Through our • Program Orientation OR from a broad spectrum of the legal community. We pride network and centrally located offices, we keep in direct touch • The Paralegal Profession • An associate degree ourselves on the expertise that our instructors bring. Some with the ever-changing job market and are a vital resource for Common Law of our instructors are also graduates of the program them- employment opportunities in law firms, businesses, agencies, OR selves, who after working as paralegals have gone on and organizations. • Contracts to careers as practicing attorneys or judges. Our diverse • Torts and Personal Injury • 60 semester or 90 quarter units (or hours) earned from a instructor base delivers a unique and relevant perspective • Criminal Law and Procedure regionally accredited college or university • Real Property on the legal field. ° At least 18 semester or 27 quarter units (or hours) must Practical Paralegal Skills be considered general educational courses as defined • Legal Research by the ABA in at least three different disciplines. General • Legal Analysis education courses defined by the ABA include college- Convenient Program Options • Legal Technology level courses that provide students with critical reasoning • Legal Writing and writing skills such as social and behavioral science, English composition and literature, foreign language, If you’re considering becoming a paralegal, or are already 2 Locations to Choose From: Civil Procedure mathematics, humanities, and natural science. Courses in the legal field and want to expand your prospects, UCLA UCLA Extension Gayley Center • Civil Procedure I: Pleading Practice designed to develop professional, vocational, and technical Extension has the educational options to meet your needs! 1145 Gayley Ave. • Civil Procedure II: Pre-Trial Procedure skills are not considered general education. Students can choose either the 5- or 11-month program, Los Angeles, CA 90024 I started shopping around … and it • Civil Procedure III: Trials and Evidence conveniently located in Westwood (near the UCLA campus) (Near the UCLA campus) Financial Aid Available Statutory Law and DTLA. didn’t take long to realize that UCLA For more information on financial aid, please call the UCLA Extension at The Park @ DTLA • Business Organizations & Securities Law “ UCLA Extension Financial Aid Office at (310) 825-4246 UCLA Extension Offers 2 Program Options: 261 S. Figueroa St., Downtown Los Angeles 5-month and 11-month Extension’s program was the best in *Subject to change or visit uclaextension.edu/financialaid. Whether you’re in the 5- or 11-month program, you’ll 5-Month: This daytime program offers a more traditional receive instruction in the following areas: The Paralegal Southern California. I was able to go Undergraduate Studies Program Curriculum For more information about our completion rates, class schedule, designed for those who work nights or Profession, Common Law, Practical Paralegal Skills, the median debt of students who have completed the have other obligations, but have the mornings available Civil Procedure, and Statutory Law. through the five-month program and In addition to the above program curriculum, the following program, and other important information, please visit for study. three courses may be required depending on eligibility. For our certificate website at: uclaextension.edu/CE0471. Monday-Friday, from 9am-12:30pm All candidates completing the program are awarded a get to work right away! questions, feel free to call us at (310) 825-0741. certificate that bears the gold seal of the University of 11-Month: This evening program is designed to meet California and is signed by the Dean of UCLA Extension. • Oral Communication and Presentation Skills for Legal — Paralegal Certificate Graduate, Career Changer, Lauren Ruitberg the busy schedules of working professionals. With classes See inside for full course curriculum (subject to change). Business Professionals two evenings per week, students can train for a paralegal ” • Effective Writing in Legal and Business Settings career while maintaining their current employment. • Legal Internship two evenings a week, from 6:30-10pm The UCLA Extension Difference A Lifetime of Career Services Paralegal Studies Program For over four decades, UCLA Extension’s Paralegal Training By building long-term relationships with our graduates and Program & Application Info Program (PTP) has been a leader in paralegal education, instructors, we’re able to provide a lifetime of career assistance. Process: A screening committee reviews your application and earning the respect of the legal community for its Our graduates can contact career counseling and job search Recognized by employers throughout Los Angeles and considers a combination of factors in making its decision: continuing tradition of excellence. services at any time. beyond, the program equips students with a thorough understanding of the functions and ethics needed in this academic history, professional experience, life experience, ABA-approved program: The PTP was one of the first Our Vision: We’ll engage the power of education to ever-growing profession. Whether you intend to eventually and writing ability. You also need to have your college or programs to be approved by the American Bar Association transform lives, businesses, and communities worldwide. work as a paralegal in a law firm, corporation, government, university forward official transcripts, or for international as meeting high standards in faculty selection, academics, Career Services: We offer one-on-one career counseling to or nonprofit organization, our certificates encompass students, an official transcript evaluation report. resources, curriculum, programming, administration, and major legal subjects with an emphasis on the practical our students and graduates through resume reviews, interview All applicants must be accepted into the program before student services. applications of the material covered. The program provides preparation sessions, a mock interview program, and career enrolling. If you have the minimum educational requirements, relevant coursework for students considering a new workshops. Our online job board is active and constantly complete and submit an application. Applications can be paralegal career or current paralegals who wish to expand updated and maintained, exclusively for our grads and students. obtained online at uclaextension.edu/paralegal. We remain constantly connected through our associations their knowledge base. Applicants must possess the following to be eligible for with the paralegal community. Start today along a new path of opportunity. the program: Instructors approved by UCLA School of Law: Real-world Networking: We work closely with professional paralegal • A baccalaureate or higher degree from a regionally experience is one of the cornerstones of our program and associations and maintain contacts with legal search firms, so our Post-Baccalaureate Program Curriculum* accredited college or university. training. That’s why all of our instructors are attorneys, students and graduates can participate in events and learn about Introduction judges, paralegals, and other legal professionals, selected the latest networking opportunities from the inside. Through our • Program Orientation OR from a broad spectrum of the legal community. We pride network and centrally located offices, we keep in direct touch • The Paralegal Profession • An associate degree ourselves on the expertise that our instructors bring. Some with the ever-changing job market and are a vital resource for Common Law of our instructors are also graduates of the program them- employment opportunities in law firms, businesses, agencies, OR selves, who after working as paralegals have gone on and organizations. • Contracts to careers as practicing attorneys or judges. Our diverse • Torts and Personal Injury • 60 semester or 90 quarter units (or hours) earned from a instructor base delivers a unique and relevant perspective • Criminal Law and Procedure regionally accredited college or university. • Real Property on the legal field. ° At least 18 semester or 27 quarter units (or hours) must Practical Paralegal Skills be considered general educational courses as defined • Legal Research by the ABA in at least 3 different disciplines. General • Legal Analysis education courses defined by the ABA include college- Convenient Program Options • Legal Technology level courses that provide students with critical reasoning • Legal Writing and writing skills such as social and behavioral science, English composition and literature, foreign language, If you’re considering becoming a paralegal, or are already 2 Locations to Choose From: Civil Procedure mathematics, humanities, and natural science. Courses in the legal field and want to expand your prospects, UCLA UCLA Extension Gayley Center • Civil Procedure I: Pleading Practice designed to develop professional, vocational, and technical Extension has the educational options to meet your needs! 1145 Gayley Ave. • Civil Procedure II: Pre-Trial Procedure skills are not considered general education. Students can choose either the 5- or 11-month program, Los Angeles, CA 90024 I started shopping around … and it • Civil Procedure III: Trials and Evidence conveniently located in Westwood (near the UCLA campus) (Near the UCLA campus) Financial Aid Available Statutory Law and DTLA. didn’t take long to realize that UCLA For more information on financial aid, please call the UCLA Extension at The Park @ DTLA • Business Organizations & Securities Law “ UCLA Extension Financial Aid Office at (310) 825-4246 UCLA Extension Offers 2 Program Options: 261 S. Figueroa St., Downtown Los Angeles 5-month and 11-month Extension’s program was the best in *Subject to change or visit uclaextension.edu/financialaid. Whether you’re in the 5- or 11-month program, you’ll 5-Month: This daytime program offers a more traditional receive instruction in the following areas: The Paralegal Southern California. I was able to go Undergraduate Studies Program Curriculum For more information about our completion rates, class schedule, designed for those who work nights or Profession, Common Law, Practical Paralegal Skills, the median debt of students who have completed the have other obligations, but have the mornings available Civil Procedure, and Statutory Law. through the five-month program and In addition to the above program curriculum, the following program, and other important information, please visit for study. three courses may be required depending on eligibility. For our certificate website at: uclaextension.edu/CE0471 Monday-Friday, from 9am-12:30pm All candidates completing the program are awarded a get to work right away! questions, feel free to call us at (310) 825-0741. certificate that bears the gold seal of the University of 11-Month: This evening program is designed to meet California and is signed by the Dean of UCLA Extension. • Oral Communication and Presentation Skills for Legal — Paralegal Certificate Graduate, Career Changer, Lauren Ruitberg the busy schedules of working professionals. With classes See inside for full course curriculum (subject to change). Business Professionals 2 evenings per week, students can train for a paralegal ” • Effective Writing in Legal and Business Settings career while maintaining their current employment. • Legal Internship 2 evenings a week, from 6:30-10pm The UCLA Extension Difference A Lifetime of Career Services Paralegal Studies Program For over four decades, UCLA Extension’s Paralegal Training By building long-term relationships with our graduates and Program & Application Info Program (PTP) has been a leader in paralegal education, instructors, we’re able to provide a lifetime of career assistance. Process: A screening committee reviews your application and earning the respect of the legal community for its Our graduates can contact career counseling and job search Recognized by employers throughout Los Angeles and considers a combination of factors in making its decision: continuing tradition of excellence. services at any time. beyond, the program equips students with a thorough understanding of the functions and ethics needed in this academic history, professional experience, life experience, ABA-approved program: The PTP was one of the first Our Vision: We’ll engage the power of education to ever-growing profession. Whether you intend to eventually and writing ability. You also need to have your college or programs to be approved by the American Bar Association transform lives, businesses, and communities worldwide. work as a paralegal in a law firm, corporation, government, university forward official transcripts, or for international as meeting high standards in faculty selection, academics, Career Services: We offer one-on-one career counseling to or nonprofit organization, our certificates encompass students, an official transcript evaluation report. resources, curriculum, programming, administration, and major legal subjects with an emphasis on the practical our students and graduates through resume reviews, interview All applicants must be accepted into the program before student services. applications of the material covered. The program provides preparation sessions, a mock interview program, and career enrolling. If you have the minimum educational requirements, relevant coursework for students considering a new workshops. Our online job board is active and constantly complete and submit an application. Applications can be paralegal career or current paralegals who wish to expand updated and maintained, exclusively for our grads and students. obtained online at uclaextension.edu/paralegal. We remain constantly connected through our associations their knowledge base. Applicants must possess the following to be eligible for with the paralegal community. Start today along a new path of opportunity. the program: Instructors approved by UCLA School of Law: Real-world Networking: We work closely with professional paralegal • A baccalaureate or higher degree from a regionally experience is one of the cornerstones of our program and associations and maintain contacts with legal search firms, so our Post-Baccalaureate Program Curriculum* accredited college or university training. That’s why all of our instructors are attorneys, students and graduates can participate in events and learn about Introduction judges, paralegals, and other legal professionals, selected the latest networking opportunities from the inside. Through our • Program Orientation OR from a broad spectrum of the legal community. We pride network and centrally located offices, we keep in direct touch • The Paralegal Profession • An associate degree ourselves on the expertise that our instructors bring. Some with the ever-changing job market and are a vital resource for Common Law of our instructors are also graduates of the program them- employment opportunities in law firms, businesses, agencies, OR selves, who after working as paralegals have gone on and organizations. • Contracts to careers as practicing attorneys or judges. Our diverse • Torts and Personal Injury • 60 semester or 90 quarter units (or hours) earned from a instructor base delivers a unique and relevant perspective • Criminal Law and Procedure regionally accredited college or university • Real Property on the legal field. ° At least 18 semester or 27 quarter units (or hours) must Practical Paralegal Skills be considered general educational courses as defined • Legal Research by the ABA in at least three different disciplines. General • Legal Analysis education courses defined by the ABA include college- Convenient Program Options • Legal Technology level courses that provide students with critical reasoning • Legal Writing and writing skills such as social and behavioral science, English composition and literature, foreign language, If you’re considering becoming a paralegal, or are already 2 Locations to Choose From: Civil Procedure mathematics, humanities, and natural science. Courses in the legal field and want to expand your prospects, UCLA UCLA Extension Gayley Center • Civil Procedure I: Pleading Practice designed to develop professional, vocational, and technical Extension has the educational options to meet your needs! 1145 Gayley Ave. • Civil Procedure II: Pre-Trial Procedure skills are not considered general education. Students can choose either the 5- or 11-month program, Los Angeles, CA 90024 I started shopping around … and it • Civil Procedure III: Trials and Evidence conveniently located in Westwood (near the UCLA campus) (Near the UCLA campus) Financial Aid Available Statutory Law and DTLA. didn’t take long to realize that UCLA For more information on financial aid, please call the UCLA Extension at The Park @ DTLA • Business Organizations & Securities Law “ UCLA Extension Financial Aid Office at (310) 825-4246 UCLA Extension Offers 2 Program Options: 261 S. Figueroa St., Downtown Los Angeles 5-month and 11-month Extension’s program was the best in *Subject to change or visit uclaextension.edu/financialaid. Whether you’re in the 5- or 11-month program, you’ll 5-Month: This daytime program offers a more traditional receive instruction in the following areas: The Paralegal Southern California. I was able to go Undergraduate Studies Program Curriculum For more information about our completion rates, class schedule, designed for those who work nights or Profession, Common Law, Practical Paralegal Skills, the median debt of students who have completed the have other obligations, but have the mornings available Civil Procedure, and Statutory Law. through the five-month program and In addition to the above program curriculum, the following program, and other important information, please visit for study. three courses may be required depending on eligibility. For our certificate website at: uclaextension.edu/CE0471. Monday-Friday, from 9am-12:30pm All candidates completing the program are awarded a get to work right away! questions, feel free to call us at (310) 825-0741. certificate that bears the gold seal of the University of 11-Month: This evening program is designed to meet California and is signed by the Dean of UCLA Extension. • Oral Communication and Presentation Skills for Legal — Paralegal Certificate Graduate, Career Changer, Lauren Ruitberg the busy schedules of working professionals. With classes See inside for full course curriculum (subject to change). Business Professionals two evenings per week, students can train for a paralegal ” • Effective Writing in Legal and Business Settings career while maintaining their current employment. • Legal Internship two evenings a week, from 6:30-10pm Program Goals and Objectives Contact Information

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32620-19 Not printed at state expense. Printed with green ink on recycled paper.