This intensive, nationally-acclaimed program is designed for beginning as well as advanced legal workers. Training includes instruction on how to assist trial attorneys, interview witnesses, investigate complex fact patterns, research the law, and assist in preparing cases for courtroom litigation. The instruction is practiced-oriented and relates to those areas of the law in which paralegals are most in demand. The Paralegal Certificate Course© offers instruction on how to work as a full-time or part-time paralegal, or how to open you own freelance business. There are no prerequisites other than a high school diploma or GED, but you must be prepared to complete a significant amount of homework each week. This program can help you increase your office’s efficiency, productivity, and billable hours as well as provide new marketable job skills. Required textbooks: Federal Civil Rules Booklet; Introduction to Paralegalism, 7th edition, by William Statsky; Uniform System Citation, most recent edition; Sample Pages: Organization and Research Techniques in West Group Publications, most recent edition; Paralegal Certificate Course Workbook, by Margaret J. Kirk; and Paralegal Career for Dummies, by Scott and Lisa Hatch. Recommended Legal resources: Oran’s Dictionary of the Law, 4th edition. Tuition: $1,189 Classes will be held at Liberty Commons, Chatham. See dates and times in Satellite Campus section page 10.