Legal Assistant
Legal Assistant
Subject Area: Education, Human and Public Services
Award: Associate of Applied Science
Minimum Credits: 65
Location: Dubuque, Peosta
Entry: Summer, Spring, Fall
Description
Legal assistants assist attorneys in the delivery of legal services. Through formal education, training and experience, legal assistants have knowledge and expertise regarding the legal system as well as substantive and procedural law, qualifying them to do work of a legal nature under the supervision of an attorney.
The general education courses completed for this degree help you to continue your formal education at a four-year college or enter employment. The AAS concentration is a useful beginning, allowing you to seek professional employment and help fund your continuing academic pursuits.
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Enrollment Process
- Apply for admission.
- Submit official high school, high school equivalency and/or college transcripts to the Admissions Office of the campus you plan to attend.
- Complete ACCUPLACER® reading and writing assessment and ALEKS® math assessment for course placement. Assessments may be waived based on previous college coursework or submission of valid ACT®, ACT Compass® or ALEKS® test scores. ACCUPLACER® scores are valid for three years, and ALEKS® scores are valid for 18 months.
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Academic Requirements
Fall Course Title Credits ADM:116 Keyboarding II 3.0 BCA:212 Intro to Computer Business Applications 3.0 ENG:105 Composition I 3.0 LGL:112 Intro to Paralegal Studies 3.0 LGL:115 Legal and Medical Terminology 2.0 SDV:179 The College Experience 3.0 Spring Course Title Credits BCA:213 Intermediate Computer Business Applications 3.0 BUS:121 Business Communications 3.0 CRJ:100 Intro to Criminal Justice 3.0 LGL:153 Legal Assistant-Legal Writing /Research 4.0 LGL:250 Family Law 3.0 Fall Course Title Credits CRJ:131 Criminal Law and Procedure 3.0 LGL:130 Legal Assistant-Probate/Real Estate 3.0 LGL:180 Torts and Litigation 3.0 LGL:191 Legal Assistant – Taxation 2.0 PHI:105 Intro to Ethics 3.0 POL:111 American National Government 3.0 Spring Course Title Credits ADM:148 Transcription 2.0 CRJ:230 Evidence 3.0 LGL:170 Legal Assistant - Litigation 3.0 SDV:219 Professionalism 4.0 * Math or Science Elective 3.0 *Electives
Math or Science Electives: MAT:102, MAT:744, MAT:773, PHY:710, or transfer level BIO, CHM, ENV, MAT, PHS, PHY
This Associate of Applied Science degree program requires a minimum of 15 credits of transfer-level general education electives from Communication, Humanities, Math, Science, or Social Science. Three of these hours can include SDV:179 The College Experience. If The College Experience course is waived or transfers in for less than three credits, an additional general education elective is required.
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Employment Information
The annual income for Legal Assistant graduates is $27,329 - $38,140.
Source: EMSI; Salary range represents 10th percentile - median annual wage for related occupations within a 100-mile radius from the center distance between Calmar and Peosta Campuses.Future Ready Iowa is an initiative led by the governor to build Iowa’s talent pipeline by meeting the goal of 70 percent of all Iowans to have a two- or four-year college degree, industry recognized certificate or other credential that meets employer need by 2025. Northeast Iowa Community College has the programs necessary to meet this goal.
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Contacts
Jeff McCraw
Legal Assistant Faculty
563.556.5110, ext. 136
mccrawj@nicc.edu