Our curriculum is built around real-world legal skills, with each module designed to move you closer to professional competency and career readiness in the legal field.

Lakewood University’s Paralegal Diploma program prepares students to assist attorneys with legal research, document preparation, case organization, and administrative support within a law office or legal department.

The program emphasizes strong communication skills, including professional written correspondence, legal documentation, and effective interpersonal communication with clients, attorneys, and court personnel.

Coursework focuses on the accuracy and attention to detail required to ensure legal documents, case files, and records are complete, organized, and compliant with legal standards.

Students in this program will gain the knowledge and practical skills needed to qualify for entry-level paralegal positions and build a strong foundation for career advancement in the legal profession.

Program Objectives

1. Discuss the role of paralegals in the legal profession and their basic duties, including skills like legal drafting, client billing, and conducting interviews
2. Identify how technology tools, including legal databases and libraries, electronic discovery, and case management software, are utilized by paralegals
3. Describe how the U.S courts are structured, what the sources of U.S law are. and how these laws are used to conduct effective legal
4. Demonstrate how to initiate civil litigation and the role paralegals play in the civil trial process
5. State the rights criminal defendants have and the procedures used to protect those rights
6. Identify ethical rules in the legal profession and how they apply to paralegals’ conduct