Legal Administration

The Legal Administration major, which leads to a Bachelor of Arts degree, is designed to assist individuals in acquiring the skills necessary to manage the complex mixture of personnel, technology and business that is the modern law office.

A Legal Administration major must complete a 36 credit hour core. Students may select 12 credit hours of electives from such areas as management, accounting, computer and information systems, criminal justice or psychology. Students may also select a three or six credit hour internship in a private or corporate law firm, government or judicial office, or public service organization or placement in one of our practicum sites. The internship program director will assist students with placement.

Independent study or directed research is also available for up to six credit hours. All topics must be approved by the program director at the time of registration.

Baccalaureate Degree

Degree Requirements

Legal Administration (45 Credits)

Required Courses
		cr.
LA 110	Introduction to Law	3
LA 130	Litigation I	3
LA 230	Family Law	3
LA 240	Real Estate Law	3
LA 252	Probate I (Estates and Trusts)	3
LA 265	Corporations and Business Organizations	3
LA 280	Legal Research I	3
LA 281	Computer Assisted Legal Research	3
LAD 312	Law Practice Management	3
	Electives from Area I	3
	Electives from Area II	15

A grade of "C" must be maintained in all courses required for the major. A GPA of 2.0 must also be maintained Students must also complete the University Core Curriculum requirements.

Area I Electives (at least 3 credits)

Students must select at least ONE of the following courses
		cr.
LAD 430	Leadership Skills	3
LAD 450*	Principles of Marketing OR	3
BUS 312*	Principles of Marketing	3
LAD 490	Clinical Experience in the Law Firm OR	3
LAD 494	Legal Internship	3-6

Both LAD 450 or BUS 312 satisfy the marketing elective. Students may not take both.

Area II Electives (at least 15 credits)

Students must select at least 5 of the following
		cr.
LA 131	Litigation Skills II and Ethics	3
LA 220	Contacts	3

LA 253	Probate II	3
LA 275	Civil Procedure and the Rules of Evidence	3
LA 352	Criminal Law	3
LA 355	Criminal Evidence and Procedure	3
LAD 340	Labor Relations	3
LAD 346	Human Resource Management in the Law Firm	3
LAD 465	Personal Finance	3
LAD 499	Directed Readings	3
ACC 201	Accounting I	3
BUS 290*	Personal Finance	3
BUS 311	Organizational Management	3
POL 201*	Introduction to Law	3
POL 202*	Criminal Law	3
POl 203	Legal Issues	3
POL 204	Tort Law	3
POL 310	Women and Politics	3
POL 323*	Labor Relations and Personnel Management	3
POL 342	Constitutional Law	3
POL 346	Civil Liberties/Civil Rights	3
POL 499	Senior Seminar Moot Court	3

*Certain courses are not for credit if the student took the corresponding course with a different prefix.

For course descriptions, please select the undergraduate catalog at: http://www.udmercy.edu/catalog/and scroll down to the middle of the page for course descriptions.