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Paralegal Studies
A paralegal does substantive legal work under the direction of a licensed attorney – that means interviewing clients, preparing documents for court and much, much more. Do you like to get involved and see some results? Then this is your kind of career.
- As a paralegal in small, medium or large law firms
- Governmental agencies
- Legal departments for corporations
- Intellectual Property Law
- Legal Ethics
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Trial Advocacy
- Law Office and Project Management and Computers
- Criminal Law and the State
- Real Estate Law
- Join paralegal student society
- Get on-the-job training at places like Legal Aid of Northwest Texas through an internship
- Join the Phi Alpha Delta pre-law fraternity
- Compete in regional and national mediation and moot court events
- Become a student member of the State Bar of Texas Paralegal Division
- Get ready for law school on the PreProfessional Program pre-law track
- Criminal Justice
- Business
- Political Science
- Working at many medium and large legal firms in the Dallas and Fort Worth area
- Attending law school at places like Baylor Law School and Oklahoma City University School of Law
- Serving in the U.S. Attorney's office and in the office of the Tarrant County District Attorney
- Providing legal services for non-profit agencies
- In the legal departments at financial firms like Fidelity
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What you need to apply
You need 24 hours of lower level paralegal courses – completed at Tarrant or Dallas County College or a comparable program – before admission to our program.
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