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Canyon College
The Paralegal and Legal Assistant Training Program
(PLAT)
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Module-I - Module-II - Module-III - Module-IV - Module-V - Module-VI
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Module-I
Instructor: George E. Guay III, J.D.
Course length: Six (6) Weeks
Credits: 4 credit hours
Course tuition: $300.00
Content:
Legal systems exist to serve the interests of the citizenry. Laws under such systems can deal
with the public and private safety and health of citizenry, the means to resolve problems among
parties, certain ownership interests which the law recognizes and protects, and the legal
systems of different nations.
- Introduction to Law and Legal Reasoning
- Criminal Law and Procedures
- Torts
- Regulatory Law
- International Law
- Computer Law
Required Text: Online Bookstore
West's Business Law, (Text and Cases. Legal, Ethical, International, and E-Commerce Environment), 10th Edition,
by Kenneth W. Clarkson, Roger LeRoy Miller, Gaylord A. Jentz, & Frank B. Cross.
Thomson - West (Thomson Learning, South-Western), 2005/2006.
Currently the textbook is being bundled with the Online Legal Research Guide.
ISBN: 0324303904 ISBN-13: 9780324303902
(FYI/Not required/Information Only: Some students wish to purchase study guides or other items for their clases. The Study Guide, ISBN-13: 9780324401967. The textbook is bundled with a study guide under ISBN-13: 9780324428216. "Black's Handbook of Basic Law Terms", ISBN-13: 9780324037371 or bundled with the textbook under ISBN-13: 9780324430035.
The 2007 Online Legal Research Guide, 10th, is sold alone under ISBN-13: 9780324376111.)
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Module-II
Instructor: George E. Guay III, J.D.
Course length: Six (6) Weeks
Course tuition: $300.00
Credits: 3 credit hours
Content:
To be legally enforceable, a contract must satisfy certain conditions and requirements. Such
legal agreements often are an issue when one person acts on behalf of and for the benefit of
another. And parties often fulfill such contracts through payment by a check.
- Contracts
- Negotiable Instruments
- Agency Law
Required Text: Online Bookstore
West's Business Law, (Text and Cases. Legal, Ethical, International, and E-Commerce Environment), 10th Edition,
by Kenneth Clarkson, et al.
Thomson - West - South-Western, 2005/2006.
ISBN: 0324303904 ISBN-13: 9780324303902
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Module-III
Instructor: George E. Guay III, J.D.
Course length: Six (6) Weeks
Credits: 3 credit hours
Course tuition: $300.00
Content:
Because business moves more quickly, different laws exist to facilitate commerce. Businesses
may use different types of business organizations, like a partnership or a corporation, to
function.
- Sales and Lease Contracts
- Business Organizations
- Corporations
Required Text: Online Bookstore
West's Business Law, (Text and Cases. Legal, Ethical, International, and E-Commerce Environment), 10th Edition,
by Kenneth Clarkson, et al.
Thomson - West - South-Western, 2005/2006.
ISBN: 0324303904 ISBN-13: 9780324303902
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Module-IV
Instructor: George E. Guay III, J.D.
Course length: Six (6) Weeks
Credits: 3 credit hours
Course tuition: $300.00
Content:
By creating rules regarding the operating of businesses, how people can borrow money, what
ownership means, how to dispose of property held by the deceased at the time of death, and how
to escape having to pay crippling levels of debt, a government can create an environment which
enhances the range of economic opportunities afforded to its citizenry.
- Government Regulation
- Secured Transactions
- Property
- Insurance
- Wills
- Trusts and Estates
- Bankruptcy
Required Text: Online Bookstore
West's Business Law, (Text and Cases. Legal, Ethical, International, and E-Commerce Environment), 10th Edition,
by Kenneth Clarkson, et al.
Thomson - West - South-Western, 2005/2006.
ISBN: 0324303904 ISBN-13: 9780324303902
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Module-V
Instructor: George E. Guay III, J.D.
Course length: Six (6) Weeks
Credits: 3 credit hours
Course tuition: $300.00
Content:
Required Text: Online Bookstore
Paralegal Ethics, by Angela Schneeman. West Legal Studies, Thomson Delmar Learning, 2000, 1st Edition.
ISBN: 0766809498 ISBN-13: 9780766809499
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Module-VI
Instructor: George E. Guay III, J.D.
Course length: Six (6) Weeks
Credits: 5 credit hours
Course tuition: $300.00
Content:
- Legal Research and Writing
Required Text: Online Bookstore
Legal Research and Writing (Some starting points), by William P. Statsky. Fifth Edition. West
Educational Publishing Company (Thomson Delmar Learning), 1999. ISBN: 0314129014 ISBN-13: 9780314129017
Legal Research and Writing, Workbook Study Guide, by William P. Statsky. Fifth Edition. West
Educational Publishing Company (Thomson Delmar Learning), 1999. Student workbook, ISBN: 0314129782 ISBN-13: 9780314129789
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