Paralegal Studies

Course Requirements

Admission Requirements • Course Requirements • Course Descriptions • Additional Courses • Internships

A. General University Requirements (see Boise State University Undergraduate Catalog), including:

Computer Literacy (or evidence of computer literacy): CIS 104, CIS 105, CIS 106 Computer Applications (3 cr.)

B. Students are required to complete nine credits of law-related courses.

CJ 375 Law of Criminal Evidence (3 cr.)
CJ 376 Law of Arrest, Search and Seizure (3 cr.)
CJ 371 Corrections Law (3 cr.)
CJ 426 Statistics (3 cr.)
GENBUS 202 Legal Environment of Business (3 cr.)
GENBUS 302 Commercial Law (3 cr.)
GENBUS 441 Business, Government and Society (3 cr.)
HLTHST 314 Health Law and Ethics (3 cr.)
POLS 351 Constitutional Law (3 cr.)
POLS 421 International Law and Organization (3 cr.)
POLS 441 Classical Political Thought (3 cr.)
POLS 467 Administrative Law (3 cr.)

C. Specific requirements in the major field of study.

The student is required to take at least twenty-four (24) semester credit hours of course work in special areas of law. This includes six (6) hours of required courses:

PARALGL 301 Intro to Law Practice and the Role of the Paralegal (2 cr.)
PARALGL 302 Legal Ethics and Law Office Procedures (1 cr.)
PARALGL 304 Legal Research and Writing (2 cr.)
PARALGL 305 Westlaw Advanced Research (1 cr.)

D. Law-Specialty Courses.

The three hours of Internship, PARALGL 493, and fifteen (15) credit hours of course work are selected from the alternative law-specialty courses. These courses provide substantive knowledge of the law as well as emphasizing practical skills, tasks, and responsibilities of the paralegal. All law-specialty courses are taught by practicing lawyers who serve as adjunct faculty members. In certain law-specialty courses, qualified paralegals may assist the lawyers in a team-teaching arrangement; the paralegal will focus on the responsibilities of the paralegal.

Law-Specialty courses chosen from (18 credits required):

PARALGL 401 Estates, Wills and Trusts (3 cr.)
PARALGL 403 Corporate Law (3 cr.)
PARALGL 405 Real Estate and Property Law (3 cr.)
PARALGL 407 Bankruptcy (3 cr.)
PARALGL 411 Civil Litigation and Procedures (3 cr.)
PARALGL 413 Criminal Law Practice (3 cr.)
PARALGL 421 Family Law Practice (3 cr.)
PARALGL 431 Natural Resource Law (3 cr.)
PARALGL 471 Tort Law (3 cr.)
PARALGL 493* Paralegal Internship (3 cr.)

*Required