Electives

ELECTIVE COURSES

The following courses are available as electives to students and graduates. Contact the Institute office for current pricing and schedules. During selected months, students may choose optional electives in lieu of the core course on their schedule. Additional book charges may apply. For scheduling details, students should visit the AIPS Administration -> AIPS Modular Schedule conference on the FirstClass network. Elective courses may have limited enrollment, and are offered on a first come, first served, basis.

A-109 JUDGMENT AND ANALYSIS WORKSHOP

This workshop is designed to provide students with an in-depth review of legal analysis and how that analysis is applied to legal memoranda. The first four units of the workshop focus on specific aspects of legal analysis. Units Five and Six bring all of the elements of legal analysis together in the preparation of a legal memorandum.

The workshop consists of six units and a final project. Students progress at their own pace through the units. Each unit includes an assignment relevant to the concepts presented in that unit, as well as a self-assessment e-test. After students have completed all of the units, they must successfully draft a legal memorandum in order to receive a passing grade for the workshop.

This workshop is a pre-requisite for students who wish to enroll in the Institute’s CLA Review Course.

C-505 CLA Review Course

This course is designed to assist applicants preparing to sit for the Certified Legal Assistant (CLA) Exam. It is based on the CLA Review Manual and the CLA Study Guide and Mock Examination, and reviews all of the topics covered in each section and subsection of the examination. The course is comprised of eight units of topical coverage, each lasting one week. The ninth unit is a timed, self-administered, abbreviated mock CLA exam consisting of 525 questions.

Students will assess their strengths and weaknesses in each exam topic by taking a pre-test at the beginning of every unit. Discussions will focus on any problem areas that are revealed in the pretests and on any new material that is introduced in the unit reading. At the end of each unit, students will take a post-test made up of sample test questions to reinforce their knowledge of the subject matter and to acquaint them with the timing and types of questions that appear on the CLA exam.

PACE REVIEW COURSE

AIPS is the Official Provider of the online review course for the PACE exam.

This course prepares the practicing paralegal to sit for the Paralegal Advanced Competency Exam (PACE). If it is your goal to sit for the exam, please be sure you meet the entrance test requirements. This course is based on the PACE Study Manual published by the National Federation of Paralegal Associations, Inc. (NFPA) and covers the following domains tested in PACE:

(a) Administration of Client Legal Matters,
(b) Development of Client Legal Matters,
(c) Factual and Legal Research,
(d) Factual and Legal Writing, and
(e) Office Administration.

This course also includes a unit devoted to ethics as this topic is covered in each domain. Students will assess their strengths and weaknesses in the various domains and focus on the material covered in these domains. At the end of each unit are sample test questions used to test students' knowledge of the subject matter and to acquaint them with the types of questions that appear on PACE. There will also be instruction on how to tackle a multiple choice examination and more importantly, on how to take a computerized test. At the end of the course, students will take a sample PACE test and receive a score.

C-565 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

This course reviews the topics of copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets and patents. The goals of the course are to provide paralegals with a basic background in intellectual property law and to introduce them to the skills that are required of an intellectual property paralegal.

Stretch. Specialize. Succeed.