Evening Business Practices Program

Available to both graduates and undergraduates* the Business Practices Specialty will educate current or potential employees of corporations, banks, companies, non-profits, and those in the healthcare and pharmaceutical industries about the technical business practices and legal procedures of those entities.

Upcoming Start Dates:

Spring 2008: January 29, 2008 - December 18, 2008
Fall 2008: September 9, 2008 - August 13, 2009

Legal Research	45 hours
Introduction to Business Entities	30 hours
Civil Litigation	36 hours
Corporations	33 hours
Administrative Law	33 hours
Contracts	33 hours
Intellectual/Real Property	33 hours
Employment/Labor Law	33 hours
Remedies	9 hours
Computers	30 hours
Total Hours	315 hours

*Undergraduates enrolled in the evening programs are required to complete the following course in addition to those listed above:

• Fundamental Legal Studies 54 hours
This course, which is designed to supplement the writing component of Legal Research, utilizes lectures, in-class assignments and “workshop” tutorials and discussions to strengthen students’ legal writing skills. There will also be a discussion of legal interviewing skills and how information obtained from client and witness interviews can be used as a building block for legal proceedings with consideration for ethical issues faced by paralegals.