Educational Programs

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EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS
G-301
The institution must maintain a program for the education of paralegals
that is designed to qualify its graduates to be employed in law-related
occupations.
A. The primary concern of a paralegal education program is to develop
professional competence, which requires both general education and legal
specialty course work as defined in G-302.
B. The instructional methodology must stress understanding and reasoning
rather than rote learning of facts. The instructional methodology must include
the following:
1. Processes to ensure interaction between the faculty member and students
and among students;
2. Opportunities for students to interact with faculty members and to
receive meaningful and prompt feedback regarding their assignments and
questions; and
3. Practical assignments that develop paralegal job competencies.
C. The curriculum should be constructed in such a way as to provide
opportunities for students to achieve higher levels of education.
1. If credit is awarded, a maximum number of credits should be applicable
toward further education for higher degrees or certificates with minimum
loss of time and duplication of effort.
2. Program graduates without a baccalaureate degree should be encouraged
to continue their education and to obtain a baccalaureate degree.
3. Each institution should make a good faith effort to enter into articulation
agreements with other institutions to facilitate the transfer of students
from two-year to four-year colleges.
D. The curriculum must be responsive to the changing needs of the legal
community the program serves and reflect research and assessment findings
related to paralegal education and utilization of paralegal services. The
program must engage in continual review and evaluation and incorporate
new ideas relating to both curriculum and instructional method.
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