2022 - 2023 Catalog
Course Descriptions for LGLA
Course Number: LGLA 1311 (3 Credit Hours)
Listed by Campus(es): EFC, ECC, RLC
Course Description: Presents legal terminology relating to substantive areas of law and the federal and state judicial systems. Emphasizes the paralegal's role in the legal system. (3 Lec.)
Listed by Campus(es): EFC, ECC, RLC
Course Title: Introduction to Law
This is a WECM Course Number.Course Description: Presents legal terminology relating to substantive areas of law and the federal and state judicial systems. Emphasizes the paralegal's role in the legal system. (3 Lec.)
Course Number: LGLA 1313 (3 Credit Hours)
Listed by Campus(es): EFC, ECC, RLC
Course Description: An overview of the paralegal profession including, professional regulation, trends and issues, ethical obligations, and the paralegal's role in the delivery of legal services. (3 Lec.)
Listed by Campus(es): EFC, ECC, RLC
Course Title: Introduction to Paralegal Studies
This is a WECM Course Number.Course Description: An overview of the paralegal profession including, professional regulation, trends and issues, ethical obligations, and the paralegal's role in the delivery of legal services. (3 Lec.)
Course Number: LGLA 1317 (3 Credit Hours)
Listed by Campus(es): EFC, ECC, RLC
Course Description: Computer technology and software applications within the law office emphasizing the paralegal's role in the use of law office technology. (3 Lec.)
Listed by Campus(es): EFC, ECC, RLC
Course Title: Law Office Technology
This is a WECM Course Number.Course Description: Computer technology and software applications within the law office emphasizing the paralegal's role in the use of law office technology. (3 Lec.)
Course Number: LGLA 1345 (3 Credit Hours)
Listed by Campus(es): EFC, ECC
Prerequisite Recommended: LGLA 1301, LGLA 1311, LGLA 1313, LGLA 1317.
Course Description: Presents fundamental concepts and procedures of civil litigation including pretrial, trial, and post-trial phases of litigation and emphasizes the paralegal's role in civil litigation. (3 Lec.)
Listed by Campus(es): EFC, ECC
Course Title: Civil Litigation
This is a WECM Course Number.Prerequisite Recommended: LGLA 1301, LGLA 1311, LGLA 1313, LGLA 1317.
Course Description: Presents fundamental concepts and procedures of civil litigation including pretrial, trial, and post-trial phases of litigation and emphasizes the paralegal's role in civil litigation. (3 Lec.)
Course Number: LGLA 2309 (3 Credit Hours)
Listed by Campus(es): EFC, ECC
Prerequisite Recommended: LGLA 1301, LGLA 1311, LGLA 1313, LGLA 1317.
Course Description: Presents fundamental concepts of real property law including the nature of real property, rights and duties of ownership, land use, voluntary and involuntary conveyances, and the recording of and searching for real estate documents emphasizing the paralegal's role in real property law. (3 Lec.)
Listed by Campus(es): EFC, ECC
Course Title: Real Property
This is a WECM Course Number.Prerequisite Recommended: LGLA 1301, LGLA 1311, LGLA 1313, LGLA 1317.
Course Description: Presents fundamental concepts of real property law including the nature of real property, rights and duties of ownership, land use, voluntary and involuntary conveyances, and the recording of and searching for real estate documents emphasizing the paralegal's role in real property law. (3 Lec.)
Course Number: LGLA 2313 (3 Credit Hours)
Listed by Campus(es): EFC, ECC
Course Description: Fundamental concepts of criminal law and procedure from arrest to final disposition including principles of federal and state law emphasizing the role of the paralegal in the criminal justice system. (3 Lec.)
Listed by Campus(es): EFC, ECC
Course Title: Criminal Law and Procedure
This is a WECM Course Number.Course Description: Fundamental concepts of criminal law and procedure from arrest to final disposition including principles of federal and state law emphasizing the role of the paralegal in the criminal justice system. (3 Lec.)
ACGM (Lower-Division Academic Course Guide Manual) Courses
WECM (Workforce Education Course Manual) Courses
Designated by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board for general academic transfer among community, state, and technical colleges in Texas; and state public four-year colleges and universities as freshman and sophomore general education courses.
WECM (Workforce Education Course Manual) 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.