LEGL 1316 Introduction to Legal Drafting and Legal Software

3 Credit Hour(s)

This course is required for all students pursuing a degree in Paralegal Studies and emphasizes the various types of basic legal software used in legal environments. Students also learn basic rules for document drafting with a focus on grammar and punctuation.
Student Learning Outcomes:
The student who has completed Introduction to Legal Drafting and Legal Software should know or be able to:

1.     recognize basic principles of legal correspondence;
2.     identify formatting for basic legal documents;
3.     distinguish significant characteristics of Adobe Acrobat in the law office;
4.     recall important aspects of legal timekeeping and billing software; and,
5.     indicate effective strategies for uses of presentation software.