Legal Studies

A seven-week introductory course covering the entire eDiscovery process.

• eDiscovery preparation basics
• Best practices for electronically stored information collection
• The review process.
• Most relevant eDiscovery topics

This course is endorsed by ACEDS, the gold standard in eDiscovery training and education.

The legal terminology and process, victim rights, ethics, victim advocacy, and crisis intervention skills create the foundation for you to make a difference in the lives of crime victims.

Professional Credit

Successful graduates of this training program will be eligible at minimum for theand possibly for the Basic, Intermediate or Advanced Credential based upon experience in the field.

A multitude of statutes cover the complex relationships between employers and employees. In this course, you'll learn about the National Labor Relations Act, the Railway Labor Act, and other statutes dealing with public employees. You'll focus on topics such as master and servant relationships, wages and hours, anti-discrimination in employment laws, minimum wages and maximum hours guidelines and the regulation of working conditions.

Professional Credit

Center for Legal Studies and UCSC Silicon Valley Extension are recognized by SHRM to offer professional development credits for the SHRM-CPSM and SHRM-SCPSM.

Medical professionals interested in the field of forensic testimony and medical-legal issues will gain the fundamentals they need to advise law firms, insurance companies, and governmental agencies regarding medically related issues and to appear in court as expert witnesses. Click the button below for the course syllabus.

Continuing Medical Education

This program has been reviewed and is approved for a maximum of 45 hours of AAPA Category 1 CME credit by the Physician Assistant Review Panel.

Learn to assist attorneys, paralegals, insurance companies, private businesses, and government agencies in the process of civil and criminal investigation. You'll gain investigative skills related to arson, product liability, personal injury and accident forensics, financial matters, professional malpractice and negligence, skip-tracing, and the role of a legal investigator in preparing for civil and criminal litigation. You'll also learn about working in the field: freelance investigation, job search strategies, and placements.

Nurses (PAs and RNs) in the seven-week Legal Nurse Consultant Training Course build on their medical expertise to serve as legal expert consultants and advise law firms, health care providers, insurance companies, and governmental agencies regarding medically related issues and to appear in court as expert witnesses. Click button below for course syllabus available.

Professional Development Credit

Successful graduates will receive a certificate for 42 contact hours of nursing continuing professional development from the Center for Legal Studies, a BARBRI Company, that they may be able to use to fulfill continuing education requirements.

Two seven-week intensives

Paralegal I Objectives

• The origins and history of the American legal system
• The meaning and application of important legal terminology
• Attorney and paralegal ethics
• Techniques of jury selection and the jury selection process
• How to prepare legal documents including demand letters, pleadings, discovery documents, motions and memos
• Significant elements of the substantive law of torts, contracts
• The important rules of civil procedure and evidence
• How to conduct a legal interview
• How to conduct a legal investigation
• How to conduct legal analysis and perform legal problem solving

Paralegal II Objectives

• The importance of precedence
• What legal authority is, and which authority is the most important
• How to conduct legal research and learn how to use the 4 most effective legal research tools found in virtually every law library
• How to Shepardize your authority
• How to properly cite your authority
• How to conduct computerized legal research used extensively in law offices throughout the country.
• Proper and effective legal writing style
• The basic documents for several important substantive areas of law
• Advocacy techniques for usage in formal or informal settings, and
• How to begin your job search and perhaps begin a freelance paralegal business after your education

Focus on topics that interest you. You are required to complete six seven-week sessions of Advanced Paralegal course topics to receive a certificate of completion. Please choose from the sessions listed below.

• Advanced Legal Research
• Alternative Dispute Resolution (Mediation)
• Bankruptcy Law
• Business Law
• Constitutional Law
• Criminal Law
• Criminal Procedure
• eDiscovery
• Education Law
• Estate Planning
• Family Law
• Immigration Law
• Intellectual Property
• Real Property Law
• Victim Advocacy
• Water Law