PARALEGAL PROGRAM PROFILE
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The Suffolk University Paralegal Program [By Aundi Howerton] At its Beacon Hill campus next to the government center in downtown Boston, Massachusetts, Suffolk University recently celebrated the centennial anniversary of its law school. For the last 20 of those 100 years, the school has offered a selection of paralegal programs within the department.
The private university currently offers three
Internships are required for both the
to multi-day conferences. In the past,
programs as legal employment credentials
bachelor’s and associate’s programs and are
these have included panels of experienced
for paralegals. Approved by the American
elective for the certificate program.
paralegals.
options for study include a bachelor’s degree
Students focusing on paralegal studies
Suffolk University originated solely as a
program, an associate’s degree program,
at Suffolk can expect an extensive
school of law, and its department remains
and a nine-month certificate in paralegal
supplementary network alongside their
world-renowned. The school has also been
studies program.
education including career planning and
consistently featured in The Princeton
Bar Association since 1994, the school’s
placement resources, a world-class law
Review’s 350 Best Colleges. As well, Suffolk
Suffolk’s law school gestated as a public
library, cooperative educational opportunities
operates campuses in the cities of Madrid,
service when the founder, Gleason Archer,
with students and alumni in fields such as
Spain, and Dakar, Senegal, and offers one-
began offering courses to working people
business or the arts, as well as access to
year study-abroad opportunities to those
with the belief that people of all backgrounds
the most advanced technological research
pursuing bachelor’s degrees.
and classes should have equal access to
facilities, like Westlaw and Lexis-Nexis,
legal study.
available.
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The existing paralegal program structure
In addition, Suffolk promotes a Center
Suffolk University
in the department is exemplary of Archer’s
for Advanced Legal Studies, which offers
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commitment to valuing diversity in
continuing support and education to its
education and responsibility to its students.
alumni. On average, the center implements
Suffolk University Law School
Evening and day classes are available, and
30 institutes, symposia, conferences,
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registration for day, evening, or a mix of
and programs for students and alumni
both tracks is open to all program students,
every year. Many of these offer cutting-
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enabling working students or those with
edge information to paralegals as well as
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families or other complex situations more
ongoing practical applications that range
scheduling options.
from evening forums or one-day colloquia
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