Paralegal - CERT B
Careers
Under the supervision of attorneys, paralegals, also called legal assistants, perform a wide range of tasks in legal offices. They schedule meetings and appointments, organize and maintain files (both electronic and paper), and conduct research and prepare legal documentation. In addition to law offices, paralegals are employed in court and government agencies, insurance companies, and corporate legal departments.
Institution Wide Outcomes
Hutchinson Community College is committed to a tradition of excellence in education that prepares students for success in academics, careers, and life.
To achieve this goal, HutchCC has established five Institution-Wide Outcomes (IWO) that are embedded into all academic courses. These outcomes are designed to equip graduates with the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to thrive in a rapidly changing world.
- Demonstrate the ability to think critically and make reasonable judgments by analyzing, combining, and evaluating information.
- Demonstrate the skills necessary to access and manipulate information through various methods.
- Demonstrate effective communication through reading, writing, listening, and speaking.
- Demonstrate effective interpersonal and collaborative skills.
- Demonstrate effective quantitative-reasoning and computational skills.
Program Outcomes
- Effectively communicate in a proper, professional manner using appropriate terminology in oral, written and non-written forms.
- Describe and differentiate specific areas of law, i.e., litigation, torts, will and trusts, criminal law, real estate law and family law.
- Perform legal research using up-to-date and current software programs available for legal research.
- Use computers, databases, spreadsheets and software programs in a legal setting.
- Draft legal documents using correct legal terminology.
- Make appropriate ethical decisions in a legal setting.
Accreditation
Hutchinson Community College is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission (hlcommission.org), an institutional accreditation agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
