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

Starting 2025-01-10 00:00:00

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Starting 2025-08-16 00:00:00

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Language

English

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Credits

120 SCH

Delivered

Online

Disciplines

Legal Studies View 57 other Bachelors in Legal Studies in United States

Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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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/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 499 USD per credit during 48 months.
National

14970 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 499 USD per credit during 48 months.
In-State

9720 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 324 USD per credit during 48 months.

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