USF Paralegal Certificate
Earners of this designation have completed USF's innovative program that teaches the knowledge and skills used by paralegals. In this program, taught by an esteemed faculty of judges, participants learn legal processes, court structure, interviewing, investigation, document preparation, file maintenance, correspondence, research, writing and analysis, as well as substantive topics of law, such as torts, contracts and civil procedure, while trained in online legal research via Lexis and Westlaw.
- Type Learning
- Time Weeks
- Cost Paid
Skills
- ABA Rules Of Ethics
- Arbitration
- Authority Identification
- Billable Hours
- Bluebook Citation Form
- Briefs
- Contract Law
- Depositions
- Discovery
- Discovery Coordination
- Discovery Preparation
- Electronic Discovery
- Electronic Filing For Courts
- Evidence
- Federal Government And Court Structure
- File Maintenance
- Interview Cliets
- Law Office Ethics
- Law Office Etiquette
- Law Office Investigation
- Legal
- Legal Advice & Representation
- Legal Analysis
- Legal Memorandum Form
- Legal Research
- Legal Terminology
- Lexis Training
- Motions
- Notices
- Paralegal
- Pleading Preparation
- Pleadings
- Preparing And Digesting Depositions
- Stages Of Litigation
- The Arbitration Process
- Tickler And Calendaring Systems
- Tort Law
- Trial Notebook Preparation
- Utiization Of Legal Forms
- WestLaw Training
Earning Criteria
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Participants must successfully complete the Essential Skills course and the three substantive topic courses to earn the University of South Florida Paralegal Certificate.
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Class projects and exams, including a comprehensive final are administered.
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Participants must meet attendance requirements in order to earn the certificate.