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  • PHY 250: Select Topic/Natural Science

    1.00 Credits
    Lehigh Carbon Community College

    An interdisciplinary science course designed to introduce students to various topics within the natural sciences. Topics will be selected at the instructor's discretion and generally vary each semester. Possible themes include the human genome project, string theory, stem cell research, history of science, endocrine disruption, global environmental issues, fad diets, Nobel laureates, genetically engineered products, human sexuality, quantum mechanics, or issues in pharmacology. Students may repeat this course for credit, provided that they do not enroll in semesters featuring the same theme: their transcripts will list the second enrollment as BIO/CHE/PHY 251.
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  • PHY 251: Select Top/Natural Science II

    1.00 Credits
    Lehigh Carbon Community College

    An interdisciplinary science course designed to introduce students to various topics within the natural sciences. Topics will be selected at the instructor's discretion and generally vary each semester. Possible themes include human genome project, string theory, stem cell research, history of science, endocrine disruption, global environment issues, fad diets, Nobel laureates, genetically engineered products, human sexuality, quantum mechanics, or issues in pharmacology. Students may repeat this course for credit, provided that they do not enroll in semesters featuring the same theme: their transcripts will list the second enrollment as BIO/CHE/PHY 251.
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  • PLG 105: Law Office Technology

    3.00 Credits
    Lehigh Carbon Community College

    This is a beginning course introducing computer hardware and software basics that apply to the legal environment. Students will learn Microsoft Office components including Teams, Word, Excel, OneNote, PowerPoint, and Outlook, and the Windows operating system as they are used in the day-to-day life of paralegals. Students will also explore legal specific software including but not limited to TrialDirector, Clio, NetDocuments, iManage, and Concordance.
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  • PLG 115: Law Firm Experience

    3.00 Credits
    Lehigh Carbon Community College

    This course explores the legal workplace environment and the skills necessary for employment in a legal office setting. Some of the areas that will be covered are telephone skills, office equipment usage, letter and memo format, factual research, and the various divisions and functions included in the court sturcture. The course will also review the legal terminology in specific areas of law as well as various document preparation techniques.
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  • PLG 120: Intro to Paralegal Studies

    3.00 Credits
    Lehigh Carbon Community College

    The paralegal profession is investigated in this course. Topics studied include careers as a paralegal, job searching techniques, ethics, and limitations of paralegals. The course will also explore the court systems of the federal government and Pennsylvania, as well as introduce legal research, including but not limited to mandatory and binding precedent, persuasive precedent, and legal citiations. Legal writing and terminology are also course components as well as legal analysis and various systems utilized in a law office.
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  • PLG 125: Workers' Comp Prac Paralegal

    2.00 Credits
    Lehigh Carbon Community College

    This course provides paralegal students with an understanding of the workers' compensation laws and the legal concepts embodied in the Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation Act as well as the practice and procedure before administrative judges, trial issues, and relationship to other administrative entitlements, such as Social Security Disabilities.
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  • PLG 130: Social Security Disab Practice

    2.00 Credits
    Lehigh Carbon Community College

    This course provides paralegal students with an understanding of the laws involved in Social Security and Disability practice, as well as the practice and procedure before administrative judges, trial issues, and relationship to other administrative entitlements, such as workers' compensation.
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  • PLG 135: Interviewing for Paralegals

    1.00 Credits
    Lehigh Carbon Community College

    This course provides paralegal students with an understanding of the interviewing skills that are to be mastered in legal setting. Interviewing skills are essential skills for the well educated paralegal. The students will be exposed to the different types of interview situations that may be encountered in a legal setting. The students will demonstrate their knowledge of interviewing by conducting various types of interviewing. The students will also be required to understand the ethical responsibilities in interviewing. This course will also provide the students with the communication skills necessary for effective interviewing techniques.
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  • PLG 150: Torts and Personal Injury Law

    3.00 Credits
    Lehigh Carbon Community College

    Introduces the student to civil wrongs and the legal terminology of torts and personal injury law. Entails an intensive study of various types of torts. Gives the student an overview of tort and personal injury law. Helps the student to develop an understanding of the basic principles of law that apply to personal injury. Hypothetical problems are presented to illustrate how the abstract rules pertain to real life. Gives the student the knowledge to recognize what is a tort and the various types of torts. Students will be able to identify the elements of tort causes of action as well as prepare defenses. Legal analysis is stressed through the preparation of case briefs and situational analysis.
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  • PLG 200: Civil Litigation & Procedures

    3.00 Credits
    Lehigh Carbon Community College

    Intended to be a follow-up to the Torts and Personal Injury Law course. Enables the student to assist in all aspects of civil litigation including the drafting of pleadings. Entails an extensive study of pretrial, trial, and posttrial procedures.
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