Program
Objective
The following goals are designed to meet Keiser University’s mission and objectives.
- Students will develop legal research skills
- Students will develop legal drafting skills
- Students will be able to understand and analyze substantive law
- Students are able to advance litigation case files
- Students will understand various methods of dispute resolution
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Prerequisite
for
Major
Courses:
None
Program
Outline
To
receive
a
Bachelor
of Arts
degree
in Legal
Studies,
students
must
earn
120.0
credit
hours.
Program
requirements
are as
follows.
Lower
Division
Legal
Studies
Major
Courses
(24.0
credit
hours)
-
Legal
Research
and
Writing
I:
3.0
credit
hours
-
Criminal
Law:
3.0
credit
hours
-
Contracts:
3.0
credit
hours
-
Will,
Trusts
and
Estates:
3.0
credit
hours
-
Civil
Litigation:
3.0
credit
hours
-
Torts:
3.0
credit
hours
-
Real
Property:
3.0
credit
hours
-
Family
Law:
3.0
credit
hours
Upper
Division
Legal
Studies
Major
Courses
(48.0
credit
hours)
Credit
hours in
parentheses
indicate
the
required
number
of
credit
hours in
each
discipline.
-
Legal
Drafting:
3.0
credit
hours
-
Legal
Research
and
Writing
II:
3.0
credit
hours
-
Criminal
Procedures:
3.0
credit
hours
-
Business
Organization:
3.0
credit
hours
-
Bankruptcy
Law:
3.0
credit
hours
-
Income
Tax:
3.0
credit
hours
-
Ethics:
3.0
credit
hours
-
Legal
Interviewing
and
Investigation:
3.0
credit
hours
-
Alternative
Dispute
Resolution:
3.0
credit
hours
-
Evidence:
3.0
credit
hours
-
Intellectual
Property:
3.0
credit
hours
-
Administrative
Law:
3.0
credit
hours
-
Law
Office
Management
and
Technology:
3.0
credit
hours
-
Immigration
Law:
3.0
credit
hours
-
Constitutional
Law:
3.0
credit
hours
-
Legal
Studies
Capstone
Project:
3.0
credit
hours
Upper
and
Lower
Division
General
Education
Courses
(48.0
credit
hours)
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