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Learn how administrative law and government regulatory agencies impact the work of paralegals.

Gain an understanding of the various forms of bankruptcy and the court filing requirements.

Gain key skills needed to navigate business entity formation in a corporate environment.

This course will provide you with the skill set needed to become a Family Mediator. In this comprehensive course, you will receive training in the Mediators Without Borders INACCORD® conflict resolution model. You will learn special skills necessary for mediating familial disputes and parent-child issues, including niche topics such as disagreements with aging family members and probate and estate conflicts. Upon successful completion, Mediators Without Borders will award you four individual certificates in Mediation, Applied Mediation Practice, Family Mediation, and Professional Family Mediator. A final exam is optional upon completion of the course.

Please research your state's requirements before enrollment to ensure this course is the right fit for you. This course is not suitable for students in Arkansas and Georgia who desire to handle court-referred or court-ordered cases.

This course provides you with the skills needed to become a practicing mediator specializing in healthcare or eldercare disputes. It provides training in the INACCORD conflict resolution model, and offers you the chance to practice your skills through simulated roleplaying exercises. Additional specialized training will cover healthcare and eldercare topics including bioethics, family-provider disputes, elder abuse, and common billing and insurance conflicts. Upon successful completion, Mediators Without Borders will award you individual professional certificates in Mediation, Applied Mediation Practice, Healthcare and Eldercare Mediation, and Professional Healthcare and Eldercare Mediation. A final exam is optional upon completion of the course.

(12 contact hours) Describes the theories and foundations of legal and ethical elements commonly found in healthcare.

(12 contact hours) Describes the theories and foundations of legal and ethical elements commonly found in healthcare.

(12 contact hours) Describes the theories and foundations of legal and ethical elements commonly found in healthcare.

This course will provide you with the comprehensive training needed to become a certified mediation or arbitration professional. It is structured around the Mediators Without Borders INACCORD conflict resolution model and offers you the chance to practice your skills through simulated role-playing exercises. Skills covered include facilitating hearings, weighing evidence and testimony, and rendering awards, as well as fundamentals of conflict analysis and resolution. Upon successful completion, Mediators Without Borders will award you four individual certificates in Mediation, Applied Mediation Practice, Arbitration, and Professional Mediator and Arbitrator. A final exam is optional upon completion of the course.

Please research your state's requirements before enrollment to ensure this course is the right fit for you. This course is not suitable for students in Arkansas and Georgia who desire to handle court-referred or court-ordered cases.

Disclaimer: This course does not have an externship program through ed2go. Please check with your instructor for more information regarding externship opportunities.

This course provides you with the skills necessary to become a Mediation or Restorative Justice professional. This comprehensive course series provides training in the INACCORD conflict resolution model and offers you the chance to practice your skills through simulated role-playing exercises. Additionally, you will be trained in the INACCORD model of Restorative Justice, which will prepare you for work bringing perpetrators and victims of crimes together in order to seek resolutions that restore all parties. Upon successful completion, Mediators Without Borders will award you individual certificates in Mediation, Applied Mediation Practice, Restorative Justice, and a professional certificate as a Mediator and Restorative Justice Practitioner. A final exam is optional upon completion of the course.

Please research your state's requirements before enrollment to ensure this course is the right fit for you. This course is not suitable for students in Arkansas and Georgia who desire to handle court-referred or court-ordered cases.

The legal profession has a range of career opportunities available with over 300,000 positions today and is projected to grow to 325,000 by 2026. If you're ready to enter the legal profession and develop a great career that will be in-demand long into the future, this Certified Legal Secretary course can help by providing foundational knowledge over a broad range of legal topics to help prepare you for the NALS Accredited Legal Professional exam.

The Certified Legal Secretary course will help you gain the skills you need to enter the legal profession regardless of the type of law that interests you. Lawyers rely on these legal professionals to coordinate the daily functions of their law practice by maintaining schedules, managing clients, filing documents, drafting paperwork, and more. You will learn basic legal terminology, office procedures and management advice, basic accounting, and QuickBooks. Throughout the course, you will discover what it is like to work in this fast-paced, exciting, and in-demand field.

Paralegals play a vital role in the legal profession. These qualified professionals take on a variety of tasks ranging from legal research to drafting legal documents in traditional law office settings and in the corporate, government, and public arenas. Formal training is a critical part of preparing for a career as a paralegal.

The Paralegal course will help you gain the skills you need to enter the paralegal workforce. You will learn how to conduct legal research and legal interviews, how to perform legal analyses, and more. As you prepare for your paralegal career, you will also receive soft skills training to increase workplace effectiveness. The course concludes with a capstone project. You will first create a complete litigation file that includes a legal analysis brief, an investigative report, a client interview checklist, an intake memo, a complaint, legal research, and an interoffice memorandum of law. Then, you will learn how to create a strong resume that encompasses your specialized skill set and showcases the impact you would make for your next employer.

Upon completion of the course, you will be prepared to sit for the Certified Paralegal exam through the National Association of Legal Assistants (NALA) upon eligibility. Please review the exam requirements prior to registering for this course.

Through a partnership with National Association of Legal Assistants (NALA), you will also receive membership and access to NALA's Certified Paralegal (CP) Exam Review courses should you choose to take the NALA CP exam at a future time.

Paralegals play a vital role in the legal profession. These qualified professionals take on a variety of tasks ranging from legal research to drafting legal documents in traditional law office settings and in the corporate, government, and public arenas. Formal training is a critical part of preparing for a career as a paralegal.

The Paralegal course will help you gain the skills you need to enter the paralegal workforce. You will learn how to conduct legal research and legal interviews, how to perform legal analyses, and more. As you prepare for your paralegal career, you will also receive soft skills training to increase workplace effectiveness. The course concludes with a capstone project. You will first create a complete litigation file that includes: a legal analysis brief, an investigative report, client interview checklist, intake memo, complaint, legal research, and interoffice memorandum of law. Then, you will learn how to create a strong resume that encompasses your specialized skill set and showcases the impact you would make for your next employer.

Upon completion of the course, you will be prepared to sit for the Certified Paralegal exam through the National Association of Legal Assistants (NALA) upon eligibility. Please review the exam requirements prior to registering for this course.

Through a partnership with the National Association of Legal Assistants (NALA), you will also receive membership and access to NALA's Certified Paralegal (CP) Exam Review courses should you choose to take the NALA CP exam.

This course offers enrollment with or without a voucher. The voucher covers the cost to sit for the Certified Paralegal exam upon eligibility. Proctor fees may apply, which are not included.

Learn all about the civil litigation process and how it impacts the role of the paralegal.

This course covers the substantive principles of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.

This course examines the United States Constitution, its development and its importance in all aspects of judicial decisions.

Learn about contractual relationships, defenses to a contract and the main legal rules of law cases.

Learn all about contract law, including considerations related to the creation and enforcement of contracts.

Learn the fundamentals of how to draft various types of transactional documents.

A State Spanish Court Interpreter certification examination is a rigorous exam that requires intensive training and access to practices. The Court Interpreter course includes the finest online interpreting laboratory in the market.

You will be able to practice numerous court cases as if they were in an actual court proceeding. The material presented in each lecture is immediately practiced in the online laboratory to make sure that you are able not only to memorize the transfer of a word or phrase, but also are able to interpret as it is required in a court of law. You will learn how to interpret in any civil deposition and any other legal proceeding in the criminal and in the civil jurisdictions.

Our Digital Court Reporter course prepares you to enter the high-demand field of court reporting. As litigation continues to rise nationwide and the technology used to capture testimony evolves, there is a tremendous need for digital reporters. Also, the industry has experienced a severe shortage of court reporters, with a need for an additional 10,000 nationwide. This well-established shortage presents a substantial opportunity for those seeking a rewarding career with a secure future. Digital reporters can work in the freelance market for a court reporting agency or as full-time government employees at a courthouse.

This digital court reporter certification course thoroughly prepares you for the national certification exams offered by AAERT (American Association of Electronic Reporters and Transcribers). Upon completion, you will be well-prepared to succeed in both the Certified Electronic Reporter (CER) and Certified Deposition Reporter (CDR) exams. The AAERT certification is the leading certification for courts and businesses throughout the United States and is required by various court systems and agencies for employment. Start your new career as a successful digital court reporter by learning all about how to cover proceedings, the hardware and software needed to perform your responsibilities, legal system fundamentals, and essential industry terminology.

Note: If you are taking our court reporter training course to prepare for the certification exam, please research the locations you are interested in working at to determine whether they use digital reporting methods and ask if they recognize AAERT certification.

The Digital Court Reporting with Legal Transcriptionist training course prepares you to enter the in-demand field of legal transcription with the skills and knowledge needed to be successful. Court reporters and legal transcriptionists are required to create detailed, accurate records of legal proceedings. As litigation continues to rise nationwide and the technology used to capture testimony evolves, there is a tremendous need for these professionals. Digital reporters and legal transcriptionists can work in the freelance market for court reporting agencies/transcription companies or as full-time government employees at a courthouse. There are some opportunities to work remotely in this field.

You will be fully prepared to pass the Certified Electronic Reporter (CER) and Certified Electronic Transcriber (CET) exams offered by the American Association of Electronic Reporters and Transcribers (AAERT). The AAERT's nationally recognized certifications are leading credentials required by various court systems and agencies.

This course will teach students about the court system, legal procedure, terminology, ethics, professionalism, and confidentiality. During the digital reporting portion of the course, students will learn how to cover all types of legal proceedings, including how to work with digital reporting software and equipment. There is no hands-on training with DR equipment. During the course's legal transcription portion, students will learn to format, transcribe, edit, and proofread legal transcripts for correct grammar, punctuation, and word usage. In addition to many exercises, quizzes, and self-graded assignments, students will receive personalized feedback on instructor-graded transcription assignments.

Note: If you are taking our court reporter training course to prepare for the certification exam, please research the locations you are interested in working at to determine whether they use digital reporting methods and ask if they recognize AAERT certification.

Learn the basics of employment law so you can legally hire, evaluate, and manage employees.

Learn the basics of employment law so you can legally hire, evaluate, and manage employees.

Learn the basics of employment law so you can legally hire, evaluate, and manage employees.

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the employment of meeting, convention, and event planners is projected to grow 18% by 2031, much faster than the average for all occupations (5%). This growth is attributed to increased demand for events, including weddings, conferences, and other gatherings, as well as the need for organizations to comply with regulations and insurance requirements.

The Event Law course is a legal guide for wedding and event professionals with everything you need to know to maintain your career and business, including licensing, trademarks, contract negotiations, and more.

This Event Law course is ideal for individuals who want to learn about the legal requirements and obligations of planning and executing events. The course covers essential legal concepts such as contracts (how to draft and negotiate with vendors and clients) and insurance (policies and liability issues). It also provides practical guidance on navigating these issues, including laws and regulations that govern events, such as health and safety regulations, and how to ensure compliance with these requirements.

State and Federal Spanish Court Interpreter certification examinations are rigorous exams that require intensive training and access to practice courses. The Federal Court Interpreter course includes the finest online interpreting laboratory in the market. You will be able to practice numerous court cases as if they were in an actual court proceeding, both at the state and the federal levels.

The material presented in each lecture is immediately practiced in the online laboratory to make sure that you are able not only to memorize the transfer of a word or phrase, but also are able to interpret as it is required in a court of law. This course also prepares you to interpret in any civil deposition and any other legal proceeding in the criminal and in the civil jurisdictions.

Immigration court interpreters are an essential element in the application of immigration laws. The immigration courts are flooded with respondents waiting their turn to be heard before the court.

Currently, there is no certification exam for immigration court interpreters. According to SOS International LLC (SOSi), candidates must have one year of experience in the legal field, pass a screening test, complete a training program, pass a final completion examination, and finally pass a performance evaluation to be considered an immigration court interpreter. The online Immigration Court Interpreter course addresses all the elements required except the one-year experience in the legal field.

Build a foundation in the basic substantive law for the various subjects and some of the filing requirements.

An in-depth look at criminal law and the real world of prosecutors, defense attorneys, and the paralegals who work closely with them.

An in-depth look at criminal law and the real world of prosecutors, defense attorneys, and the paralegals who work closely with them.

An in-depth look at criminal law and the real world of prosecutors, defense attorneys, and the paralegals who work closely with them.

Explore different specialties and gain a greater understanding of the legal field. Suite includes Real Estate Law, Employment Law Fundamentals, and Introduction to Criminal Law.

This course gives a behind the scenes look at criminal law and will help you master basic Spanish for law enforcement situations.

Learn how to effectively manage a law office.

Learn the basics of business contracts and understand important business points that drive the creation of contracts.

Learn to use your nursing background to help attorneys with medical cases and claims. This course provides a foundation in different areas of law to help you understand how to assist attorneys in all phases of civil and criminal litigation and step-by-step instructions for setting up your own nurse consulting practice.

Learn to use your nursing background to help attorneys with medical cases and claims. This course provides a foundation in different areas of law to help you understand how to assist attorneys in all phases of civil and criminal litigation and step-by-step instructions for setting up your own nurse consulting practice.

Learn to use your nursing background to help attorneys with medical cases and claims. This course provides a foundation in different areas of law to help you understand how to assist attorneys in all phases of civil and criminal litigation and step-by-step instructions for setting up your own nurse consulting practice.

Learn key skills for researching legal authorities and cases.

Learn the fundamentals of legal terminology and its use as it applies to multiple areas of law.

This course will introduce you to basic legal terms and provide insight into court processes, comparative legal systems, legal traditions, root words, and government structures. You will also learn legal terminology related to key legal proceedings such as contract law, property law, conveyancing, corporate, international law and more.

The Legal Transcriptionist training course prepares you to enter the in-demand field of legal transcription with the skills and knowledge needed to be successful. As litigation continues to rise nationwide and the technology used to capture testimony evolves, there is a tremendous need for legal transcribers. Most legal transcriptionists work from home on contract or staff for court reporting agencies or court systems, which presents a substantial opportunity for those looking to work remotely in a career with a secure future.

This legal transcription certification course thoroughly prepares you for AAERT's (American Association of Electronic Reporters and Transcribers) national certification CET (Certified Electronic Transcriber) exam. The AAERT certification is the leading certification for courts and businesses throughout the United States and is required by various court systems and agencies for employment. From legal fundamentals to creating an accurate legal transcript and more, this course is your key to launching a flourishing career as a legal transcriptionist.

This course introduces the student to the fundamentals of legal writing, including reasoning and analysis.

Learn all about the probate process and estate planning.

Learn the basics of real estate law, including investing, title searching, and mortgages.

Learn the basics of real estate law, including investing, title searching, and mortgages.

Learn the basics of real estate law, including investing, title searching, and mortgages.

Master the fundamentals of the Spanish language by practicing basic conversational skills and learning essential Spanish terminology for law enforcement situations.

Master the fundamentals of the Spanish language by practicing basic conversational skills and learning essential Spanish terminology for law enforcement situations.

Master the fundamentals of the Spanish language by practicing basic conversational skills and learning essential Spanish terminology for law enforcement situations.

This course covers the legal topic of Torts, the law of torts pertains to injuries against one's person or property.

Learn techniques for drafting transactional documents.

Gain essential skills and a solid understanding of one of the fastest-growing areas in law.

Gain essential skills and a solid understanding of one of the fastest-growing areas in law.

Gain essential skills and a solid understanding of one of the fastest-growing areas in law.

Learn the fundamentals of employment law and worker's compensation law so that you can properly hire and evaluate employees. In this series, you will be taught the laws protecting both employees and employers in a straightforward, easy-to-understand way—an essential for anyone considering a career in human resources or as a paralegal.