What type of “Unique Support” does SF State offer paralegal students?
SF State provides both educational and personal support to paralegal students, including an Information Night/Open House before each new semester, individual academic counseling appointments, internship opportunities, and career placement advice. Graduates continue to receive benefits through discounted courses and CEU courses. In the course Computer Applications in the Law, SF State paralegal students learn how to master the legal software that is used in today s law firms. Students have access to state of the art computer labs, and can sample trial versions of many of the most popular software programs used in law offices for litigation tracking, time and billing, calendaring, and database work. Our computer teacher is a Senior Litigation Paralegal at a major law firm. She is a graduate of our Paralegal Program and an expert in Electronic Discovery. She provides individual assistance to students in her hands-on classes, which include search engines and advanced Internet research as p
In the course Computer Applications in the Law, SF State paralegal students learn how to master the legal software that is used in today s law firms. Students have access to state of the art computer labs, and can sample trial versions of many of the most popular software programs used in law offices for litigation tracking, time and billing, calendaring, and database work. Our computer teacher is a Senior Litigation Paralegal at a major law firm. She is a graduate of our Paralegal Program and an expert in Electronic Discovery. She provides individual assistance to students in her hands-on classes, which include search engines and advanced Internet research as part of the class. In Legal Research, students learn both conventional and computerized legal research techniques and may subscribe to LEXIS for their course work. The rate for one calendar year is $80 for 24/7 access on their personal computers. The SF State Program Director worked as a litigation paralegal for over 20 years, an
