1. University of Washington Certificate in Paralegal Studies
(WA)
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Bruce Wiener (Instructor) - We are focusing now a lot more on practical application of the
material that we are teaching, and that I think distinguishes our program from most of our
competitors. Rather than talking about the academic background of the cases and the theories,
we have students actually applying those concepts.
We have them draft the pleadings, and working on discovery projects, and doing relation briefs
... and the employers out there are really appreciate that because the students that we send
them hit the ground running..
Gevin Booth (student) - I think it's gonna be an amazing combination of the work experience
that I have with these legal notions now fresh my memory. Now I feel I've got the skills that
when I get hired, even the things that I don't know would be much easier to learn.
Bruce Wiener - I've been in the legal profession for 30 years both in California and in
Washington and I think it's a bit more tougher to get into now, because there is a lot more
competition and the expectations are higher and the demands are higher.
So is more important for students to be well prepared and well-coached to get into and
competing that market right now.
It is a daunt education and we do try to work with students' work schedules. The whole purpose
of the program is to get a job so it makes no sense to lose your job for the program and then try
to get one.
Julie Epstein (student) - The instructors are working full time and they are very very both
empathetic and some times sympathetic to our challenges. They understand that this is a part
of an overall picture of our lives.
- The more you put into it, the more prepared you are actually going to be when you hit the
ground in the market, especially for people who never worked in the field before.
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2. Bruce Wiener - I think it is the best program of its kind. The caliber of the students is higher that
I've seen anywhere else. The dedication to the material and the success is higher than
anywhere else, the work product that they are producing at the end of this program many times
is compellable to or superior of what I see in profession.
Julie Epstein - I've been out there in the working world and know exactly what I need now and
what will help me and how I can get that. And this is how I'm going to go back and do it, these
are the twists that I'm making and to approach it from that perspective it really makes it much
more rewarding.
Original story: University of Washington Certificate in Paralegal Studies (WA)
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