Program Goals

The goals of the Mississippi College paralegal program are:

To train students to assist attorneys in performing legal work in order to reduce the costs of delivering legal services to the public.
To promote the growth of the paralegal profession by providing attorneys with competent graduates.

Our program objectives are:

To prepare students with a general paralegal education and exposure to major areas of law.
To provide students with practical assignments that they are likely to encounter on the job.
To prepare students to draft legal documents.
To prepare students to perform basic legal research and analysis.
To give students an understanding of the court systems, both state and federal, and of the importance of procedural rules.
To give students an understanding of the ethical dilemmas they will encounter and how to avoid problems.
To give students an understanding of the paralegal career, skills needed, and employment opportunities available in private practice, government agencies, and corporate legal departments.

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