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Dec 10, 2024
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LSP 262 - Legal Support Internship IIICredits: 3 Completion of all Legal Support Professional required courses is highly recommended. Requires one hundred twenty (120) hours of work experience in a law or law-related office.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 111 or OAT 151 , LSP 110W , LSP 115 , LSP 120 all with a minimum grade of “C” (2.0) and permission of LSP Coordinator Corequisite(s): None Lecture Hours: 0 Lab Hours: 45 Meets MTA Requirement: None Pass/NoCredit: No
Outcomes and Objectives
- Practice legal procedures and apply substantive knowledge of the law to assist the attorney, or other mentor, in the operation of a law office, business, bank, government agency, court, or other legal setting. Objectives may include but are not limited to the following:
- Draft and answer complaints, interrogatories, and requests for production of documents.
- Perform investigation and fact-gathering.
- Perform data organization, control, and recovery.
- Draft motions, requests for admission, mediation summaries, and judgments.
- Prepare for and assist at trial.
- Prepare for appeal.
- Arrange for transfer of asset ownership in accordance with estate plans.
- Use the law library for legal research including computer-assisted legal research.
- Locate and interpret applicable statutory and case law.
- Organize research and write a legal memorandum summarizing findings.
- Schedule appointments and depositions.
- Handle general office correspondence including telephone usage.
- Maintain follow-up systems including due dates for documents to be filed.
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