PARALEGAL PROGRAM PROFILE
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Highline Community College’s Paralegal Studies Program [By Judith Earley] Highline Community College is a junior college located in Des Moines, WA, just south of Seattle. The school was founded in 1961 and was the first community college in King County. The main campus overlooks Puget Sound and the Olympic Mountains. It is situated on 80 acres and boasts approximately 10,000 students and 350,000 alumni.
Additionally, Central Washington University
Plus” certificate program-is for students
for new students, presentations by guest
has a facility located on Highline Community
who desire to become paralegals and have
speakers, workshops related to the paralegal
College’s campus. A partnership between
already completed Bachelor of Arts degrees.
profession, social gatherings, and job fairs.
classes at HCC and CWU at the same time.
Paralegal students at Highline learn
HCC is accredited by the Commission on
HCC offers bachelor’s and master’s degrees,
foundational knowledge of legal systems
Colleges and Universities of the Northwest
as well as many top-notch certification
and procedures. The program teaches and
Association of Schools and of Colleges and
programs.
promotes the principles of ethical legal
Universities.
the two schools allows students to take
practice as defined by the ABA Standing Highline’s paralegal program is approved
Committee on Ethics and Professional
by the American Bar Association and offers
Responsibility.
paralegal training on three different tracks.
On the Net Highline Community College
The first is a two-year Associate of Applied
The Highline College Paralegal Association
Science program, which is the school’s
is an officially recognized organization
traditional program for students wishing to
for paralegal students at HCC; Buzz
Des Moines, WA
acquire degrees in paralegal studies.
Wheeler, J.D., is the program coordinator.
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Membership in the association is open not The Associate of Arts degree, while similar
only to any HCC student currently enrolled in
Central Washington University
to the Associate of Applied Science degree,
the paralegal program but also to any HCC
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requires some additional classes and grants
student who has an interest in legal issues
students the ability to transfer directly to
and in the legal profession. The association
most four-year universities. Finally, the
sponsors various activities. These include,
one-year certificate program-the “Paralegal
but are not limited to, a mentoring program
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