PARALEGAL PROGRAM TEXTBOOKS
Fall 2008
RECOMMENDED COURSE:
| ENGL nc | Legal Terminology | Bernardo: Paralegal, 3rd ed. |
recommended | Appleby |
| Oran's Dictionary of the Law | recommended | |||
| Barron's Law Dictionary | recommended | |||
| Ballantine’s Law Dictionary (Legal Assistant Edition) |
recommended | |||
| Dictionary of Legal Terms: A Simplified Guide to the Language of Law |
recommended |
REQUIRED COURSES:
| POLS 300 | Introduction to Law | Currier/Eimermann: Introduction to Law for Paralegals: A Critical Thinking Approach (Aspen) 4th edition |
required | Lindenbaum |
| ENGL 300 | Legal Research | Bouchoux: Legal Research and Writing for Paralegals (Aspen) 5th edition | required | Boucher |
| Formichi: California Style Manual | required | |||
| ENGL 303 | Legal Writing | Bouchoux: Legal Research and Writing for Paralegals (Aspen) 5th edition | required | Wick |
| Formichi: California Style Manual (CA State) | required | |||
| POLS 322 | Civil Procedure:Pleadings | Luten: California Civil Litigation, 4th ed. (Thomson/Delmar Learning) | required | Lochtan |
| Weil/Brown: Civil Procedure Before Trial (Rutter Group) | recommended | |||
| POLS 339 | Internship: Work Experience | Cannon: Ethics and Professional Responsibility for Legal Assistants, NEW 5th EDITION (Aspen) | recommended | Boucher |
| Bouchoux & Sullivan:Internships Through Employment NEW (Aspen) | required | |||
| POLS 310 | Legal Ethics | Orlik: Ethics for the Legal Professional (Prentice Hall) 6th edition |
required | Ramsey |
| POLS 340 | Career Planning | None | Tate |
ELECTIVE COURSES:
| POLS 338 | Real Property Law | Pivar & Bruss: California Real Estate Law (6th ed)(Dearborn Publishing) |
required | McOmber |
| POLS 338 | Trust Administration | None | Shindledecker | |
| POLS 338 | Landlord Tenant Law | None | Thiele | |
| POLS 338 | Intellectual Property | None | Wiseman | |
| POLS 338 | Elder Care and Nursing Home Law | None | Hill |