Career College Degrees
Everest College Paralegal (Legal Assistant) Degree Program
Join a profession that is ranked among the fastest-growing occupations in the United States! There is a growing need for paralegals in the legal profession.
The Paralegal program will give you the training you need, providing a complete overview of practical litigation skills and tasks.
You will gain the necessary tools to provide vital assistance to lawyers, clients and courts. Legal Assistants (paralegals) may not provide legal services directly to the public, except as permitted by law.
Paralegal Class Training
The Paralegal program prepares you to perform duties such as:
- Researching legal issues
- Drafting legal documents
- Preparing pleadings
- Summarizing documents
- Organizing trial notebooks
- Interviewing clients
You'll learn fundamental knowledge about the formation of contracts, breach of contracts, and remedies for the breach of contracts. Become familiar with the terminology, policies and procedures applied to: estate planning, wills, trusts, estate taxes, estate sales, and joint tenancy.
Family and criminal law are other principal subjects covered in this program. Family law specializes in: divorce, separation, custody, adoption, guardianship, and community property. Criminal law covers: common law, statutory crimes and punishment, crime classification, principles of liability, and basic criminal procedure concepts.
The paralegal program at the Phoenix Campus is the only ABA approved Everest College Paralegal program.
About Everest College
You may have gone to high school cause you had to.
At Everest, you're here because you want to be. You're here for career training and to get on with your life. It's a decision that deserves respect.
Here are some of the great reasons why students are choosing Everest...
We have instructors with real-world experience.
We don't just hire any instructor. We recruit qualified professionals with industry-specific expertise. So you get the benefit of real-world knowledge and gain the kind of practical insights that can't be learned from a textbook.
We give you practical hands-on career training.
We think it's important to practice what you're learning. That's why we incorporate hands-on training into all our programs. You'll learn better and quicker by doing the work than you will just sitting in a lecture room.
We'll help with your search for financial aid.
We know how important it is to have the right financial support. That's why we have trained Student Finance Planners to help you get the financial aid you need.*
We provide short-term career training.
Many of our career programs can be completed in nine months, which means you could be working in your new career in less than a year.
We help our graduates find jobs after graduation.
At Everest, training you for a career doesn't stop at graduation. Each campus has a Career Placement Office staffed with dedicated Career Placement Representatives who can assist you with everything from interviewing skills to improving your resume.
Employers recognize the quality of our graduates.
Employers hire Everest graduates because they recognize the quality of training we provide. They understand that our graduates have the kind of career training it takes to succeed in their chosen profession.