LEGAL 292 - Paralegal Success Skills

2.0 Credits
This course increases opportunities to locate a paralegal job or internship, and helps students design their personal strategy for career success. Topics include professional networking and branding; workload, time, and stress management; creating professional resumes and cover letters; and preparing for job interviews. Students are expected to bring an editable/digital draft of their current resume on the first day of class. Course includes classroom interaction with working paralegals and/or attorneys.
Prerequisite LEGAL 200 or instructor permission.
Course-level Learning Objectives (CLOs)
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

Create professionally formatted paralegal resumes and cover letters regardless of one’s background or work experience.
Demonstrate an understanding of effective job interviewing techniques, and identify common questions and effective answers during a job interview.
Design a personal strategy for professional networking and branding.
Describe effective techniques for managing workload, time, and stress in the workplace.
Explain the importance of a paralegal internship to one’s career, and identify effective methods for locating paralegal internships and employment.
Identify the characteristics of a successful paralegal and the opportunities for career advancement through professional certification, licensing, and lifelong learning.