Paralegal Studies at Clarion University

The Venango Campus of Clarion University offers an Associate of Science degree in legal business 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, court houses, 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 Legal Business Studies Program is program 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.

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• Academic Requirement
• General Education Requirements
• Business Core Requirements
• Area of Concentration
• Free Electives
• Program Objectives.doc
• Transfer Policy.doc