律师助理研究（学士/学士）

• Students will demonstrate legal knowledge of substantive and procedural law necessary to perform substantive legal work under the direction of an attorney.
• Students will demonstrate practical skills necessary to perform substantive legal work under the direction of an attorney.
• 学生将展示在法律研究和写作能力.
• Students will demonstrate an understanding of their ethical responsibility in the legal profession.
• 学生将利用必要的技术来满足雇主的需求.

The paralegal internship with the TAMUC 律师助理课程 allows students to gain paralegal experience by working in approved internship placements such as a District or County Attorney’s office or private law firm.

Students must register for PLGL 426 and work 160 hours performing paralegal tasks at an approved internship placement. You will need to contact the internship instructor for qualification verification prior to registration.

实习资格

律师助理 students must complete at least 18 semester hours of paralegal specialty credit in order to qualify for the internship course.

应用

学生必须提交：

• A cover letter of application indicating their qualifications and interest in an internship before registering for the internship course.

• 现在的简历（一定要包括电子邮件地址和电话号码）
  在哪里可以在学期中找到你).

选择过程

申请信和简历提交后，开始实习
导师将审核学生的实习资格. If qualified, the student will meet with the internship instructor to discuss the internship. 然后学生将获得注册实习课程的许可.

After the initial meeting with the internship instructor, 学生将开始寻找实习赞助商. Students will be responsible for contacting the individual organizations and scheduling interviews with potential sponsors. 所有面试必须不迟于大学课程的第一周完成. 如果经过勤奋的搜索, 学生找不到实习机会, the internship instructor will assist the student with securing a placement.

Students will submit the contact information of potential sponsors to the internship instructor for approval. 一周内, the internship instructor will contact the potential sponsor to discuss the internship policy and program expectations. The instructor will notify the student of the final approval status of the potential sponsor. 如果担保人被批准, the student will meet with the internship instructor to review internship documents. The program’s internship training agreement is then sent to the approved sponsor for signature.

评估与监测

The student must attend class meetings at predetermined days and times during the semester for which they are enrolled in the paralegal internship course. 实习生必须出席所有的班会. The student must convey an oral summary of the internship experience at each meeting in order for the program director to evaluate progress, 作业, 并找出任何问题. 实践技能作业也要在课堂上完成并进行评估.

学生实习生将根据以下因素进行评估：

• 每周工时表（由主管律师或主管律师助理签署）
• 每周的期刊

• 参加模拟面试
• 简历和求职信
• 期末论文
• 最后口头陈述
• 实习推荐人评估

The students and sponsors are encouraged to contact the internship instructor any time throughout the internship placement. 如果有无法纠正的问题, the internship instructor will place the student with another internship sponsor.

以下课程可以在科林县社区学院区完成, 达拉斯大学, 埃尔森特罗学院, or any university or junior college with an ABA-approved paralegal program and transferred to A&移动商务信贷：

• 法律或法学导论
• 法律研究
• 遗嘱认证
• 家庭法

The granting of credit for any of the above transferable courses taken at non-ABA-approved paralegal programs is subject to the following requirements:

• The course must have been completed at a regionally-accredited university or junior college.
• The transfer student must provide a copy of the course title and description in his/her institution's most recent catalog, 课程大纲副本, 以及课程中布置的作业样本, 供项目主管评估. The program director will make the final decision regarding the transferability of courses.

对于ABA和非ABA批准的项目, 每门可转学分课程的成绩必须达到C或以上才能被接受.