The Venango Campus of Clarion University offers an Associate of Science degree in paralegal studies. This program is approved by the American Bar Association, one of three approved programs in northwestern Pennsylvania. The program prepares graduates to assist lawyers and their clients in law offices, courthouses, and governmental institutions. In addition, when authorized to do so by administrative, statutory, or court authority, graduates of the program may operate as independent contractors.
Clarion University's Paralegal Business Studies Program is designed to provide for the education of paralegals. A legal assistant or paralegal is a person qualified by education, training, or work experience, who is employed or retained by a lawyer, law office, corporation, governmental agency, or other entity and who performs specifically delegated substantive legal work for which a lawyer is responsible. A paralegal may not practice law.
- General Education Requirements
Business Core Requirements
Area of Concentration
Free Electives
Program Objectives Transfer Policy
Legal Research Links:
Federal Law
:: United States Code
:: U.S. Supreme Court Opinions
:: Third Circuit Court of Appeals Opinions
Federal Opinions :: Code of Federal Regulations
Historic Legal Documents
:: Common Sense by Thomas Paine
:: The Declaration of Independence
:: James Madison's Notes on the Constitutional Convention
:: The Federalist Papers
:: On Liberty by John Stewart Mill
:: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson
:: The United States Constitution
Paralegal Associations
:: National Federation of Paralegal Associations
:: National Association of Legal Assistants
:: American Association for Paralegal Educators
