Blackstone Career Institute is nationally accredited by the Accrediting Commission of the Distance Education and Training Council, Washington, D.C., regionally accredited by the Middle States Commission on Secondary Schools, Philadelphia, PA, and licensed by the State Board of Private Licensed Schools, Department of Education, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. BCI provides an excellent foundation for anyone interested in earning paralegal training from home. With more than a century of expertise, Blackstone offers a committed, responsive faculty and a quality education, all at an affordable rate.
Earn Your Paralegal Certificate
Why choose Blackstone’s paralegal certificate program? With decades of experience, Blackstone is the leader in flexible career training programs. You can train from your own home, on your own terms! Pick when and where to study, and manage the pace of your paralegal certificate training to suit your needs. Fast-track your paralegal certificate training to enter the job market as soon as possibleit’s in your hands.
Throughout your paralegal certificate trainnig, you have the Online Student Center at your command, 24 X 7. Take control of your paralegal certificate program experience! Choose to read material online, print out your own copy, or any combination. Enjoy personal access to Web resources, your grade history, and more. You can even chat online with other paralegal certificate program students!
Upon successful completion of our paralegal certificate program, students will be able to:
- Define basic legal terms.
- Explain legal concepts related to contracts, torts, wills and trusts, and real property.
- Explain how partnerships and corporations are formed.
- Discuss the elements of constitutional law.
- Describe the process of criminal procedure and civil actions.
- Identify and perform common paralegal tasks, such as assisting in preparatory work for closings, hearings, trials, and corporate meetings.
- Investigate the facts of cases and ensure that all relevant information is considered.
- Identify appropriate laws, judicial decisions, legal articles, and other materials that are relevant to assigned cases.
- Help prepare the legal arguments, draft pleadings and motions to be filed with the court, and otherwise assist attorneys during trials.
- Define and explain the importance of legal ethics.
- Perform online legal research using LexisNexis®.
- Sit for the Certified Legal Assistant/Certified Paralegal (CLA/CP) exam given by the National Association of Legal Assistants (NALA), and earn the designation Certified Paralegal/Certified Legal Assistant.
As a Blackstone student, you have friendly support from your peers and from Blackstone staff as you complete your paralegal certificate training. You also have a number of training resources available as you learn how to use powerful legal research tools like Shepard’s® Citations Service; LexisNexis® Total Research System, and so much more.
After preparing you for your new career, the Blackstone paralegal certificate program even teaches you how to find a job!