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LGLA 1219 (2 Credit Hours)
Offered at RLC.

Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility
This is a WECM Course Number.
Course Description: The ethical and legal responsibilities and duties that a member of the legal profession owes to the public, the court, clients, and other professional colleagues. Includes a review of the canons, codes, and rules of professional responsibility. (2 Lec.)
LGLA 1301 (3 Credit Hours)
Offered at ECC, NLC, RLC.

Legal Research and Writing
This is a WECM Course Number.
Prerequisite: LGLA 1311 or LGLA 1313 or
Corequisite/Concurrent: LGLA 1311 or LGLA 1313.
Course Description: This course provides a working knowledge of the fundamentals of effective legal research and writing. Topics include law library techniques and operations, computer assisted legal research, writing briefs and legal memoranda, proper citation form for legal resources, ethical obligations of the paralegal in legal research, and legal research terminology. (3 Lec.)
LGLA 1313 (3 Credit Hours)
Offered at ECC, NLC, RLC.

Introduction to Paralegal Studies
This is a WECM Course Number.
Course Description: This course provides an overview of the paralegal profession including ethical obligations, regulation, professional trends and issues, and the paralegal's role in assisting the delivery of legal services. Professional organizations, job search strategies, legal vocabulary, legal analysis, writing skills, and critical thinking are introduced. (3 Lec.)

Academic Courses
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.

WECM Courses
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.

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