The Paralegal Professional: The Essentials

KEY BENEFIT Since the publication of the First Edition of The Paralegal Professional The Essentials, the paralegal profession plays an increasingly more important role in the delivery of legal services. The Paralegal Professional The Essentials provides students with the conceptual knowledge, analytical skills, and firm understanding of ethical issues they need to succeed as paralegals in today's legal environment. The book is shaped by insights of real legal professionals with whom paralegals work to offer relevant information for use in the workplace. The text illuminates specific tasks and roles paralegals will play in the workplace to fully prepare them to enter the field. The Fifth Edition builds a foundation of knowledge which students can augment as they work towards a profession in the field of law.

KEY TOPICS The Paralegal Profession
Ethics and Professional Responsibility
The Paralegal Workplace
Technology and the Paralegal
American Legal Heritage and Constitutional Law
The Court System and Alternative Dispute Resolution
Civil Litigation
Criminal Law and Procedure
Administrative Law
Interviewing and Investigation Skills
Legal Writing and Critical Legal Thinking
Legal Research

MARKET For anyone interested in paralegal studies or the law.