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LGLA 1351   Contracts (3)
This is a WECM Course Number.
Prerequisite: LGLA 1313, LGLA 1311, ENGL 1301.
This course presents fundamental common law and statutory concepts of contract law with emphasis on the paralegal's role. Topics include formation, performance, and enforcement of contracts under the common law and the Uniform Commercial Code, ethical considerations of the paralegal working in this area, emerging computer applications, contract law terminology, and special problems encountered when drafting various instruments and documents related to the law of contracts. (3 Lec.)


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Designated by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board for transfer among community colleges and state public four year colleges and universities as freshman and sophomore general education courses.

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Designated by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board as workforce education (technical) courses offered for credit and CEUs (Continuing Education Units). While these courses are designed to transfer among state community colleges, they are not designed to automatically transfer to public four year colleges and universities.