Overview
With your Legal Studies degree from University of Maryland University College, you'll be equipped to conduct legal analysis, write and draft legal documents, and perform research in the legal environment.
In your core legal studies degree courses, you'll examine the organization, function, and processes of the lawmaking institutions in the American legal system, as well as the role of the paralegal in the legal system and the governing rules of legal ethics.
Through your coursework, you will learn how to:
- Conduct research using appropriate resources to identify relevant, current legal authority
- Draft documents that reflect critical thinking and legal reasoning to inform, evaluate, and advocate on legal issues
- Apply an understanding of legal concepts and procedures to efficiently and ethically support the resolution of legal disputes
- Synthesize relevant information and complete a wide variety of forms and documents used to meet client objectives
In past projects, students have had the opportunity to:
- Draft legal forms, such as petition for divorce, power of attorney, and identification and evaluation of estate property, for submission to court, using legal terms and nomenclature, as well as knowledge of a particular case
- Review the elements of a statute and assess its application to a set of facts
- Review a current case or statutory law and produce a legal theory, approach, or case study to support a hypothetical client's case
Programme Structure
Courses Include:
- Techniques of Legal Research
- Legal Writing
- Legal Ethics
- Advanced Legal Writing
- Torts
- Domestic Relations
- Criminal Law and Procedures
- Litigation
- Contract Law
- Advanced Legal Practices
Key information
Duration
- Part-time
- 48 months
Start dates & application deadlines
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Credits
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Legal Studies View 56 other Bachelors in Legal Studies in United StatesAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
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Other requirements
General requirements
Secondary education (high school graduation): If you have earned fewer than 24 transferable credits at a U.S. college or university, you must verify your completion of the equivalent of a U.S. secondary education by doing one of the following:
- Requesting an evaluation from an approved international credit evaluation service
- Providing official transcripts showing completion of the U.S. General Education Development, known as the GED, exam with a passing score
Tuition Fee
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International
14970 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 499 USD per credit during 48 months. -
National
14970 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 499 USD per credit during 48 months. -
In-State
9360 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 312 USD per credit during 48 months.
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Scholarships Information
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