Dec 03, 2024  
2024-2025 Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Catalog

Legal Specialist Career Certificate (LSPCC)

Location(s): Online


Award: Career Certificate
Pathway to Associate Degree: Legal Studies - Paralegal (LSPAR)
Academic Focus Area: Community and Human Services
 

Throughout the legal profession, entry level opportunities exist for those with a general knowledge of the legal environment in the United States.  Students pursuing the MCC Legal Specialist Career Certificate gain a broad understanding of the legal profession by selecting from courses focused on business law, litigation, and/or immigration law.  The Legal Specialist Career Certificate provides students with an opportunity to explore multiple topical areas while still earning an award and providing a pathway toward a Certificate of Achievement and/or an Associate Degree.

Students pursuing the Legal Specialist Career Certificate have the latitude to select six courses (for a total of 27 credit hours) from among the three topical areas listed below.  Students can combine courses from among all three areas based on their interests, but they are required to select courses from at least two areas (e.g., business law and litigation, business law and immigration law, or litigation and business law).  Typically, students would pick two courses from each topical area listed below.  Students should work with an advisor, counselor, or LAWS Instructor when selecting courses and designing a plan that meets their career development goals.

 

Graduation Requirements
To earn this degree, a student must complete all required courses.
Total credit hours required: 27.0
 

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Required Courses - 27.0 credits


Students select a total of 6 course (27.0 credits) from two or three of the three areas listed areas below.

Immigration Law


Program Level Student Learning Outcomes


  1. Explore the functions of the legal profession specific to various fields of study and industry focus.
  2. Explain major issues and challenges in the legal environment.
  3. Create a professional development plan focused on identified legal areas of interest.
  4. Apply core concepts of the foundational legal disciplines based on selected course work.
  5. Understand and draft legal documents in various professional contexts.
  6. Understand the practical application and role of law as it applies to business and the community.