Legal Studies AAS
Approved by the American Bar Association
HEGIS Code 5099 – 63 Credits
Suggested 4-Semester Course Sequence
First Semester
Second Semester
Third Semester
| LGS 10500/PLG 10500 | Domestic Relations Law | 3 |
| LGS 11200 | Criminal Law and Procedures | 3 |
| | Social Science Elective | 3 |
| | Elective | 3 |
| | Elective | 3 |
| | Exercise and Human Performance | 1 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 16 |
Electives: ACC 10100, BUS 10100, BUS 10800, BUS 20400, BUS/PHL 26000, CRJ 10100, CRJ 10300, CRJ 10600, CRJ 20300, CRJ 21600, MGT/OFT 11100, MGT 15000, PLG 27300, or and INT or POL course.
Fourth Semester
Electives: ACC 10100, BUS 10100, BUS 10800, BUS 20400, BUS/PHL 26000, CRJ 10100, CRJ 10300, CRJ 10600, CRJ 20300, CRJ 21600, MGT/OFT 11100, MGT 15000, PLG 27300, or and INT or POL course.
Total Credit Hours: 63
(21 of the 30 Paralegal credits must be taken at RCC) A minimum of 9 credits of legal specialty courses through traditional classroom instruction or synchronous remote instruction are required.
According to the American Bar Association, “a legal assistant or paralegal is a person qualified by education, training, or work experience, who is employed or retained by a lawyer, law office, corporation, governmental agency or other entity and who performs specifically delegated substantive legal work, for which the lawyer is responsible.” Paralegals are not licensed and always work under the supervision of an attorney. The goal of both the degree and certificate program is to prepare students to become entry-level paralegals.