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Paralegal Studies

Join Us for a Legal Studies Virtual Information Session

Join us online on Wednesday, November 20th at 5:00 pm to learn more about an exciting career in the law.  You will have a chance to meet the faculty members who will discuss our degree and certificate options and provide information on the wide array of course offerings coming up in the spring semester.  Faculty will also share career information and data about this very competitive professional field.  Registration for the virtual meeting is requested via the link below.

Register in advance for this meeting:
https://brookdalecc.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUvcO6upjMrG9Dclako_lcXwE97IadD_OM3
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

 

Start your career as a paralegal at Brookdale! Prepare for work as a paralegal working under the supervision of a lawyer in a law office, government, corporate, or other private sector legal settings.

The program offers both day and evening classes, full- and part-time enrollment, personal attention, and small classes – all designed to help you succeed.

The New Jersey State Bar Association defines a paralegal/ legal assistant as “an individual qualified through education, training or work experience who is retained by a lawyer, law office, governmental agency or other entity to perform, under the direction and supervision of a lawyer, specifically delegated substantive legal work, which for the most part requires sufficient knowledge of legal concepts and which, absent the paralegal or legal assistant, would be performed by a lawyer.”

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The Code of Ethics and Professional Responsibility of the National Association of Legal Assistants, Inc., in its Preamble, provides that it is the responsibility of every paralegal/legal assistant to adhere strictly to the accepted standards of legal ethics and to live by general principles of proper conduct. The performance of duties of the paralegal/legal assistant is governed by specific canons of ethics in order that justice will be served and the goals of the profession attained.

Brookdale’s Paralegal Studies Program is an institutional member of the American Association for Paralegal Education (AAfPE).

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