Husson College Provides Various Paralegal Studies Programs Like Bachelor Of Science Degree Program, Associate Degree Program And Non-Degree Certificate Programs The Program Training Provides Students With Analytical Skills.

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The Paralegal Studies Program at Husson College
[By Judith Earley]
Beautiful Bangor, Maine, the place that Henry David Thoreau once described as a “star on the edge of the night,” is the home
of Husson College, founded in the 1890s. Its mission is “to prepare graduates for successful professional careers and to promote
in each student an emerging sense of self-worth.”
Husson not only provides excellence in the Husson offers paralegal students three study political, and social framework of the
classroom with a top-of-the-line faculty options: the Bachelor of Science degree country’s legal system.
but also offers non-scholarship NCAA III program, the Associate of Science degree
intercollegiate athletics and intramurals, program, and the one-year non-degree Paralegal candidates are eligible to minor in
a pastoral residential college campus, and Certificate Program in Paralegal Studies. psychology, computer information services,
superior on-campus facilities. It boasts an behavioral science, natural science, history,
alumni base of more than 15,000. For the Bachelor of Science track, students biology, accounting, mathematics, English,
must successfully complete 120 credit or hospitality management in conjunction
The Carnegie Foundation has identified hours of coursework and correlating outside with the B.S. in Paralegal Studies degree.
Husson as a Comprehensive Master’s Level assignments. It takes students 60 credit Paralegal studies students also have
II institution. The school is accredited by hours to complete the Associate of Science access to Westlaw when conducting online
the New England Association of Schools and program and 36 credit hours to earn the research and have opportunities to create
Colleges and has received the academic one-year Certificate in Paralegal Studies. individualized internship experiences based
blessings of numerous professional Advanced-level instruction is provided in on their legal specialties of interest.
associations. business law, criminal law, real estate law,
alternative dispute resolution, family law, On the Net
Students who choose to enroll in the
torts, workers compensation and human
paralegal studies program at Husson
resources law, evidence, legal writing, and Husson College
College will develop their skills in research,
other current and evolving areas of the law. www.husson.edu
reporting, and writing in a concentrated
program. The program’s rigorous training
In addition to the required professional Westlaw
provides students with sound legal content,
courses, the bachelor’s and associate’s www.westlaw.com
analytical skills, and communication
degree options include supplementary
competencies, making Husson grads
general-education courses to help students Bangor
attractive in the job market. Paralegals and
cultivate analytical and communication www.bangormaine.gov
legal assistants make up one of the top 10
skills and develop insight into the economic,
fastest growing professions in the country.
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