Paralegal Training Online – Blackstone School of Law

• Nature of Law
• Sources of Law
• Classifications of Law
• Beginnings of Law
• Making of the Common Law
• Enlargement of the Common Law
• Maturity of the Law
• American Development of the Common Law

• History of Contracts
• Offer & Acceptance
• Reality of Consent
• Contracts Under Seal
• Consideration
• Statute of Frauds & Perjuries
• Capacity of Parties
• Legality of the Subject Matter
• Limits of Contractual Obligation

• Assignment of Contracts
• Joint & Several Contracts
• Interpretation & Construction of Contracts
• Promises & Conditions
• Rules on Conditions
• Impossibility of Performance
• Breach of Contracts
• The Discharge of Contracts

• Fundamental Notions
• Trespass to the Person
• Battery
• Assault
• False Imprisonment
• Trespass to Property
• Excusable Trespasses
• Conversion
• Nature of Conversion
• Particular Instances of Conversion
• Legal Cause
• Negligence
• Contributory Negligence

• Imputed Contributory Negligence
• Deceit
• The Defendant’s Wrongful Conduct
• The Effect Upon the Plaintiff
• Defamation
• Two Species of Defamation
• The Plaintiff’s Case in Defamation
• The Defendant’s Response
• The Response
• Prima Facie Defense
• Judgment & Damages
• Malicious Prosecution

• Interference with Domestic Relations
• Interference with Contractual Relations
• Interference with Business or Employment
• Right of Privacy
• Acting at Peril – General Principles
• Liability for Inanimate Forces
• Liability for Injuries from Lawful Use of One’s Land
• Joint Tort – Feasors

• The Subject Defined
• The Act
• The Intent
• Incapacity or Limitations to Criminal Capacity
• Circumstances Affecting Criminal Responsibility
• Justification
• Parties to Crime
• Incomplete Offenses

• Homicide
• Assault, Battery, Mayhem
• Rape
• False Imprisonment
• Kidnapping & Abduction
• Burglary & Arson
• Larceny
• Robbery
• Embezzlement
• False Pretenses

• Receiving Stolen Goods
• Malicious Mischief
• Forgery
• Counterfeiting
• Extortion
• Offenses Against Religion, Morals & Decency
• Offenses Against the Public Peace
• Offenses Against Public Authority

• Nature of Ownership
• Origin & Terminology
• Real & Personal Property
• The Feudal System
• Manors
• Sources of Title in this Country
• Tenures
• Seisin & Livery of Seisin
• Growth of Individual Rights
• Estates
• Fee Simple

• Determinable or Base Fee
• Estates Tail
• Rule in Shelley’s Case
• Life Estates
• Restraints on Alienation
• Estates upon Condition
• Uses
• Equitable Conversion
• Remainders & Reversions
• Contingent Remainders
• Conditional Limitations

• Rule Against Perpetuities
• Application of Rule Against Perpetuities
• Rule Applied to Charities
• Rule Applied to Powers
• Co-Tenancy in General
• Tenancy in Common
• Joint Tenancy
• Coparcenary
• Estates Arising by Marriage
• Courtesy

• Dower
• Homestead Exemptions
• Rights Appurtenant to Land
• Fruits of the Soil
• Waste Boundaries
• Fences
• Natural Rights to Land & Air & Water
• Lateral & Subjacent Support
• Easements Licenses
• Profits

• Party Walls
• Rent
• Covenants Running With Land
• Forms of Conveyances
• Surrender & Release
• Delivery & Acceptance
• Other Essentials to Valid Conveyance
• Abstracts of Title
• Covenants of Title
• Recording Laws

• Torrens System of Land Registration
• Dedication
• Public Lands
• Powers
• Acquisition or Transfer of Title
• Forfeiture for Crime
• Sales on Execution
• Partition
• Adverse Possession
• Accretion, Alluvion & Reliction

• Necessity of Pleading & Importance of Subject
• History of Courts & Pleading
• Course of Action
• Common Law
• Causes of Action
• Proceedings in Other Courts & Effect of the Code on Forms of Action
• Parties to Actions and Joinder of Actions
• The Plaintiff’s First Pleading
• General Rules of Pleading

• The Defenses to an Action
• Defendant’s Pleading & Rules Governing Them
• The Plaintiff’s Second Pleading
• Closing of Issues & Judgment
• Beginning Suit
• Preliminary Motions
• Non-Jury Cases
• Jury Trials
• Opening Statements – Excluding Witnesses
• Depositions

• Examinations of Witnesses
• Charging the Jury
• Verdicts
• Entering Judgment
• Appeals
• Introduction to Criminal Procedure
• Jurisdiction & Venue
• Preliminary Proceedings
• Indictments
• Procedure Between Indictment & Trial
• The Trial
• Steps After the Trial

• Introduction & Classification
• Descent
• Distribution
• Wills Defined
• Origin, History & Nature of Wills
• Capacities of Testators & Beneficiaries
• Execution of Wills
• Revocation of Wills
• Republication & Revival

• Lapsed & Void Legacies & Devises
• Ademption
• Probate of Wills
• Administration of Estates
• Guardian & Ward
• History of Trusts
• Trusts Distinguished From Other Relationships
• Creation of Express Trusts

• Creation of Implied Trusts
• Private Trusts
• Public Trusts
• Trustee – Appointment, Qualifications & Powers
• Trustee – Duties, Rights, Liabilities & Removal
• Beneficiary – Rights & Liabilities
• Beneficiary – His Remedies

• Legal Conception of Corporation
• Formation of Corporations
• Irregularly & Defectively Organized Corporations
• Promotion of Corporations
• Subscribers & Stock Subscriptions
• Corporation & State
• Corporate Powers
• Ultra Vires Transactions

• Corporate Crimes & Torts
• Directors
• Corporate Membership
• Rights of Stockholders
• Corporate Creditors
• Foreign Corporations
• Partnerships – Characteristics
• Creation of Partnership

• Name & Property of Partnership
• Partnership Liability
• Duties of Partners
• Remedies of Creditors
• Actions Between Partners
• Action Between Partners & Third Persons
• Termination of Partnership

• Constitutions, Their Nature & Law
• American Constitutions & Constitutional Law

• Organization & Powers of United States Government
• Relations Between Union & the States

• Powers of President
• Powers of Congress

• Constitution as a Bill of Rights
• Political Privileges & Their Protection
• Civil Rights & Their Guaranties

• Protection of Person Accused of a Crime
• Due Process of Law
• Equal Protections of Law

• Impairment of Obligation of Contracts
• The Constitution of the United States

• Introduction to the Law and the U.S. Legal System
• Primary Sources
• Secondary Sources
• Computer-Assisted Legal Research
• Conducting Legal Research
• Updating and Verifying Legal Research
• Legal Analysis

Graded Assignment: Shepardizing

Effective Legal Research Using LexisNexis®

• Online Tutorial
• One-on-one training with a dedicated LexisNexis® instructor
• Five online training sessions (Paralegal Certificate of Mastery Program on Lexis.com®

Graded Assignment: Effective Legal Research Using LexisNexis®

• Introduction to Legal Writing
• Writing Legal Letters
• Legal Research Memorandums
• Trial Court Legal Memorandums
• Appellate Briefs

Graded Assignment: Demand Letter

Graded Assignment: Legal Research Memorandum
Graded Assignment: Q & A Appellate

• The Paralegal Profession
• The Job Search
• Job-Search Correspondence
• Job Interviews
  

• Tasks of a Paralegal
• Attorney vs. Paralegal Responsibilities
• Certification and Licensing
• Freelance and Independent Paralegals

• Confidentiality, Ethical Walls, and Screening
• Integrity of the Paralegal Profession
• ABA Model Guidelines
• NALA Model Guidelines
• NALA Code of Ethics
• NFPA Code of Ethics