Does The Center for Legal Studies provide help with job placement?
The Center for Legal Studies does not provide job placement, but will assist those students graduating with an “A” average and in the top 25% of their class in locating an internship in their area. Q: What are the advantages to law firms who place employees in the Paralegal Certificate Course? A: Legal secretaries, file clerks, and paralegals without formal paralegal training comprise a large percentage of the enrollment in this course. Law firms which encourage employees to take this course receive in return employees who are: – competent to perform paralegal duties – able to bill their hours to clients at paralegal rates, and – more likely to remain with the firm. In addition to the increased efficiency gained by lawyers who employ paralegals, another major incentive exists for the use of paralegals. Federal and state caselaw is now holding that fees paid to paralegals may be assessed, and recovered at trial, under those circumstances where the recovery of attorneys fees is proper [s
