For Program Information please contact:
Carter, Karen,
Chair
Room 2236
Atlanta Technical College
1560 Metropolitan Parkway
Atlanta GA 30310
404.225.4534.

kcarter@atlantatech.edu


PARALEGAL STUDIES- DEGREE

The Paralegal Studies program is a sequence of courses that prepares students for positions in the paralegal profession. Learning opportunities develop academic, technical, and professional knowledge and skills required for job acquisition, retention, and advancement. Competencies realized in this program include ethical obligations, researching state and federal law, preparing legal correspondence and encompass family law matters, basic concepts of real property law, criminal litigation, tort law, and substantive contract law, wills, trust, and probate. The program of study emphasizes opportunities that provide students with specialized legal knowledge and skills required to aid lawyers in the delivery of legal services. Program graduates receive a Paralegal Studies Associate of Applied Technology Degree.

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
ATC’s Career Placement Office is available to assist students in finding employment in their occupational fields. Location: Cleveland Dennard Building, Suite 128

ADMISSIONS REQUIREMENTS
* Must be 16 years of age
* Official high school or GED transcript is required to apply
* Achievement of minimum program admission scores in Reading, Language, and Math
* Transfer of previous post secondary credits will be determined by the registrar.
Student Performance/Graduation Requirements: Students must maintain a 2.0 grade point average and complete all required courses to graduate.

CORE COURSES
Curriculum
Essential General Core Courses
Area I - Humanities
1. Courses  
Credits
ENG 191 Composition and Rhetoric I
5
ENG 193 Composition and Rhetoric II
5
SPC 191 Business Communications
5
Area II - Social/Behavioral Science
PSY 191 Introduction to Psychology
5
SOC 191 Introduction to Sociology
5
Area III - Natural Sciences / Mathematics
MAT 191 College Algebra
5
  OR
5
MAT 196 Contemporary Mathematics
5
Total
30
2.Occupational Courses
SCT 100 Introduction to Computers
3
PLS 101 Introduction to Law and Ethics
5
PLS 102 Legal Research
5
PLS 103 Legal writing
5
PLS 104 Family Law
4
PLS 105 Real Estate Law
5
PLS 108 Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure
5
PLS 109 Civil Litigation
5
PLS 110 Wills, Trusts, Probate and Adm.
5
PLS 111 Tort Law
5
PLS 112 Law Office Management
5
PLS 115 Business Organization
5
PLS 116 Contracts and Commercial Law
8
PLS 117 Adv.Res & Writing
5
PLS 118 Paralegal OBI (Intern)
12
PLS xxx Electives
10
Total
85
   
 
  Minimum Quarter-hour Credits Required for Graduation
115
  Minimum Program Length in Quarters
7
  Estimated Program Cost
$5,795