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Instructions to Course and Classwork
Paralegal
Internships
Paralegal Internships The Paralegal Internship will provide
"hands on" practical legal experience for the Mission
College Paralegal Student to better prepare him/her to enter the
paralegal job market.
Methodology: The internship will consist of a
3 credit, evening class, which will become a required
course in the Paralegal Program Certificate in Spring 2001. Students
participating prior to formal
curriculum approval will be given course credit under Directed
Study Program of Mission College.
The paralegal student will be personally supervised by a practicing
attorney in the field, and with
"mentoring" by the Director of the Paralegal Program,
or a Paralegal Law Instructor.
Upon satisfactory completion of the internship, the participating
attorney/law firm will provide a letter
of recommendation to the paralegal student which can be used to
assist the student in obtaining
future employment in the paralegal field.
Cyber Docs: Both Student and Attorney will exchange
documents, work, revisions, comments,
through the use of Cyber Docs (use of confidential "hypernews"
threaded discussions). See
Cyber Docs for more information on this method of document
exchange between attorney and paralegal.
Notes about this class
- we use the internet and a class webpage for this class.
- you do not have to take a computer class to do this course.
you will learn in class, how to cut
and paste, and other computer skills, including getting and using
your own email account.
- if you do not have a computer you can always print out the
assignments and hand them in to Prof. J. either in typewritten
or handwritten form
- our Paralegal homepage is located at
http://www.vcsun.org/~djordan
- the easiest way to get to our class home page is to first
go to http://lamission.org,
then click on class
web pages, then "P" at top of the index, then Paralegal Studies webpage,
then under Spring 2001, Paralegal
Internships
- The class is basically divided into lecture notes, discussions,
quizzes, and assignments, and all of these are located on the
class homepage
- You should first join the listbot for
the class. This is required of all students. To do this just
click on listbot, then type in your email address (e.g. abogado@pacbell.net
is my email address) You will then be asked to type in your first
name, and last name. It will also ask you for a password ( I
suggest you just use the same password as your email so you do
not have to memorize another password)
You then need to go back to your email, open it up and you will
have received an email from lisbot "verification required",
and just click on "reply all/send", and your email
will send the verifier code back to listbot and you will be joined.
You may send an email to the class at insp201@listbot.com,
and you may view the archive of listbot messages at View
List Archive. Prof. J. will send announcements and updated
grades using listbot so it is very important to join this.
- If you do not have your own email account, you may get one
at yahoo.com or
hotmail.com There are countless
other free email services.
- We will cover the textbook in the order outlined in Lectures
on our webpage.
- We will discuss legal questions by using "hypernews
threaded discussions". Instructions on how to post your
answers to these discussions is located at instructions
on how to post. Students are encouraged to look at other
students' postings, but do not copy them "verbatim",
use your own creative imagination.
- We will have quizzes after we finish each chapter. You may
confirm whether or not an quiz or posting is due in three (3)
different ways. (1) check the archive
of messages on listbot, and if you belong to listbot, you
will get an email message on updated work and grades (2) check
the "updates"
on our webpage (3) check the Calendar
we use for the Paralegal Program.
- The Syllabus for "Paralegal Internships" is located
at Syllabus.
- Grades will be posted regularly at Grades
on our webpage.
- If you are having problems with the course work, materials,
or anything, please contact Prof. J. at 818/546-7060, and set
up and appointment. You may also contact him, online, through
Javachat.
First, though, call and leave a message on Prof.J. voicemail
at 818/546-7060, to tell him the date and time you wish to visit
him online to discuss the class.
- You can always contact Prof. J. through email at abogado@pacbell.net
- The Paralegal Internshps will provide you with "practical
hands-on" legal experience. This should assist you in later
obtaining employment in the paralegal field. Paralegal graduates
of our program always are presented with the problem that they
"need to first" have legal experience before they can
get a job, and the internship experience will provide that necessary
"first" legal work. experience.
The paralegal intern must be able to perform legal research.
This is an essential task required in the internship. You will
learn how to do legal research in Law 34, and legal writing in
Law 17. If you have not taken Law 34, you will need to participate
in an orientation on how to do
legal research as part of the internship.
It is important to learn the distinction between a case and a
code.
Also you will become more familiar how courts
work, and their role in the legal system. We will also start
to learn how to do legal
research and legal
writing in class.
- Welcome to "Paralegal Internships", and let Prof.
Jordan know if you need any help or assistance in this class.
- one of the best search engines, even for finding law is Google.com, so try it. You
may also find Findlaw very
helpful in finding law, and answering your legal questions.
- information about Paralegal jobs is located at Jobs. You
may also wish to contact Clive
Gordon in the Counseling Department to discuss your career
and get assistance in setting and achieving your career goals.
Our College now has a Career Center, and you may wish to check
out our Career Center webpage.
- Also remember that we have an excellent Index
of Legal Documents, and a Site
Index A-Z which you should become familiar with.
- A note on "late assignments". Many students have
"legitimate" reasons for turning in late work (quizzes,
discussions, and written assignments). It is within the discretion
of the instructor (Prof. J) to determine those instances. However,
in a majority of cases, students get comfortable in handing in
late assignments. All late assignments will be accepted, and
graded, and one whole letter grade will be deducted. Reason:
it is unfair to both the instructor and the remaining students
who work hard in the class to reward "late work".
- A note of attendance. Prof. J. both calls "roll at the
beginning of class", and distributes a "class sign
in sheet". If you miss more than three (3) unexcused absences
from class, Prof. J. may and can exclude you from class.
Be on time for class, and attend class. All 18 classes during
the spring and fall semester, and all 12 classes during the summer
are required to obtain an "A" in class. If you are
going to be sick, or miss a class, you must call or email Prof.
J. to let him know of your absence. You can leave a message on
his voicemail at 818/546-7060, or email
him at abogado@pacbell.net.
- You are invited to participate in the "Gun
Control Debate"., and you can earn extra credit for
participating in it. Please email Prof. J. once you have posted
your argument, and posted a critique of another student's argument,
advising him of your participation so he can give you extra credit
updated: 7/15/00
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