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Overview

Offered by the College of Letters and Sciences in partnership with Extended Learning. Degree and transcript to be conferred out of the College of Letters and Sciences.

Requirements
(17 courses, 76.5 quarter units)

To receive a Bachelor of Science in Paralegal Studies, students must complete at least 180 quarter units. They must meet the general education requirements described in this catalog. For the major in Paralegal Studies, they must complete 76.5 quarter units of upper-division course work described below, and 45 of those units must be completed in residence at National University. (In the absence of transfer credit, students may need to take additional general electives to satisfy the total units for the degree.)

Core Courses
(10 courses, 45 quarter units)

PLA 301 Legal Theory and Ethics
PLA 303 Law Office Administration
PLA 305 Property
PLA 306 Torts
PLA 308 Contracts
PLA 309 Directed Research and Writing A
PLA 310 Directed Research and Writing B
PLA 425 Litigation I
PLA 318 Remedies and Judgments
PLA 324 English for Professionals

Specialty Concentrations
(4 courses, 18 quarter units)
(3 courses, 13.5 quarter units, for students choosing Litigation)
All students must take two of the two-course concentrations listed below. Students must take the level I and level II courses for each area. Because Litigation I is required in the core, students who select Litigation II will be required to take an additional elective.

PLA 407 Family Law I
PLA 421 Family Law II
PLA 426 Litigation II
PLA 427 Probate and Estate Planning I
PLA 428 Probate and Estate Planning II
PLA 429 Corporations I
PLA 430 Corporations II
PLA 431 Real Estate I
PLA 432 Real Estate II
PLA 433 Criminal Law I
PLA 434 Criminal Law II

Elective Courses
(3 courses, 13.5 quarter units)
(4 courses, 18 quarter units, for students who choose the Litigation concentration)

PLA 302 Computers and the Law
PLA 404 Wills, Trusts, & Estate Planning
PLA 407 Family Law I
PLA 421 Family Law II
PLA 311 Internship
PLA 413 Juvenile Law and Procedure
PLA 314 Workers' Compensation
PLA 315 Bankruptcy Law and Procedure
PLA 316 Entertainment Law
PLA 317 Immigration Practice
PLA 433 Criminal Law I
PLA 434 Criminal Law II
PLA 335 Employment Law

Degree Program Locations
Los Angeles Campus
Sherman Oaks Campus

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