The Associate of Applied Science Degree in Paralegal Law provides you with the training and skills you need for an important job in today's busy legal profession. Paralegals work directly under the supervision of an attorney. To help prepare a case for trial, paralegals often investigate the facts of the case, conduct research, and assist in the final report used by the attorney to decide how the case should be handled. The paralegal may assist in the preparation of legal agreements, draft pleadings to be filed with the court, obtain affidavits, and assist the attorney during the trial.

The computer has become as commonplace in today's legal office as its law books. Computer software packages are increasingly used to search legal literature to identify legal texts relevant to a specific subject. At Centura College Online, you will conduct legal research using state of the art online legal databases, putting yourself on the cutting edge of legal technology. As a paralegal student, you will learn the day-to-day procedures of running a busy legal office, which includes word processing and machine transcription skills that are vital to today's modern legal office. You will study the specialized legal areas of business law, criminal law, personal injury litigation, real estate law, and corporate law. Your education will be rounded out with general education courses in written and oral communication, literature, mathematics, and psychology. The additional training in Career Development near the end of the course will give you the skills you need to find that first important job and show you how to advance in your career choice.