NORMAN — Department of Legal Assistant Education at the University of Oklahoma Law Center is offering classes this summer session. All classes in the OU legal assistant certificate program meet on Saturdays at the OU Law Center, 300 Timberdell Road, in Norman.
“Students who want to begin legal assistant studies this summer will have a head start on completing the program,” said David A. Poarch, director of the OU legal assistant education department and assistant dean of the College of Law. “Our program is designed so students can complete all certificate requirements within two years. People who work full-time find our Saturday classes convenient for their job and family schedules.”
The OU legal assistant program has graduated more than 600 legal assistants, also known as paralegals, since 1968. The program is approved by the American Bar Association, which is the highest level of recognition for legal assistant educational programs.
Students receive training in all aspects of the law that are essential to working as a legal assistant. Graduates of the program work in law firms, government, business and education. All courses are taught by professional legal assistants, lawyers and professor in the OU College of Law.
For information about the OU legal assistant program, call (405) 325-1726, go to the Web site at www.law.ou .edu/lae or write to Department of Legal Assistant Education, University of Oklahoma Law Center, 300 Timberdell Road, Room 314, Norman, OK 73019.
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