Paralegal Internship

Catalog description

The paralegal internship provides an opportunity to apply the knowledge developed through coursework to actual legal settings such as private law offices of various sizes and complexities, governmental units such as courts, agencies such as clerk’s offices, public defenders’ units, prosecutors’ offices or quasi-legal functionaries such as title companies. Through these professional experiences, students become familiar with codes of ethics and professional responsibility, the issues of unauthorized practices of law, confidentiality, conflicts of interest, advertising and solicitation, fees and client funds, issues of competency and other concerns in the realm of advocacy.