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Paralegal Schools Listings
Becoming certified is essential
Paralegal school graduates can look forward to healthy competition when searching for their first jobs. That's why many choose to distinguish themselves early on by specializing in areas where they know they'll be in demand. Paralegal school graduates may also choose to separate themselves form the pack by earning certifications that demonstrate their professionalism and skill level.
Certification
Paralegal certification is usually a voluntary process, although some states have licensing requirements. Certification programs can involve both courses and examinations or just exams. Some serve to increase a paralegal's knowledge and prepare them for getting a job, while others might simply be used to demonstrate a paralegal's skill level. Certifications can increase a paralegal's chances for promotion over those who merely have a diploma from paralegal school.
Professional associations often administer certification testing. The National Federation of Paralegal Associations (NFPA) offers an advanced competency exam to any candidate with a bachelor's degree and two years of work experience. A RP (Registered Paralegal) designation is given to those who pass.
The National Association of Legal Assistants (NALA) requires a combination of education and experience for paralegals to become CLAs (Certified Legal Assistants) or CPs (Certified Paralegals). The group also offers advanced certification for certain areas of law, such as personal injury, land use and discovery.
Accreditation
Programs that have been approved by a reputable body such as the American Bar Association (ABA) can be beneficial to students during training and upon graduation. Accredited programs can offer assurances that students will receive a quality education. Employers and certification associations may also look favorably upon students who have completed accredited programs in paralegal schools.
Real world experience
When looking for a paralegal program, make sure to find out about job placement services or internship opportunities. If you can gain work experience before graduation you'll be better prepared to find employment, and if the school will help you find a job you'll be that much further along. Request information from schools and talk to experienced paralegals and recent paralegal school graduates to help you decide what path is the right choice.
California
Clarita Career College
Located in Canyon County, California, offering Dental, Legal & Paralegal, Massage Therapy, Medical & Healthcare and Nursing curricula.
Other campuses:
Clarita Career College - Lancaster
Clarita Career College - Long Beach
Empire College - Santa Rosa
Located in Santa Rosa, California, Empire College offers Business, Accounting & Finance, Office Professional, Computer, Medical & Healthcare, Legal & Paralegal, Homeland Security, Travel & Tourism curricula.
Kaplan College offers Dental, Medical & Healthcare, Office Professional and Legal & Paralegal curricula.
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Kaplan College - North County Located in Vista, CA.
Kaplan College - Palm Springs
Kaplan College - San Fernando Located in Panorama City, California.
Kaplan College - Sacramento
Platt College - Los Angeles
Located in Alhambra, California, offering Graphic Design, Medical & Healthcare and Legal & Paralegal curricula.
Other Platt College campuses in California:
Platt College - Ontario
Santa Barbara Business College - Bakersfield
Offers Business, Criminal Justice, Personal Training, Dental, Medical & Healthcare, Legal & Paralegal and Office Professional curricula.
Other campuses of Santa Barbara Business College:
Santa Barbara Business College - Ventura
Florida
City College - CasselBerry
Located in Casselberry, Florida, offering Accounting & Finance, Computer, Travel & Tourism, Legal & Paralegal, Management, Medical & Healthcare and Office Professional curricula.
Other campuses:
City College - Gainesville
Key College
Located in Dania, Florida, offering various curricula including Legal & Paralegal.
Everest Institute
Located in Miami, Florida, offering Business, Criminal Justice, Legal & Paralegal, Massage Therapy, and Medical & Healthcare curricula.
Other campuses:
Everest Institute Located in North Miami.
Southwest Florida College - Ft. Myers
Offers curricula in Accounting & Finance, Computer, Drafting & Architecture, Criminal Justice, Management, Restaurant & Hotel Management, Medical & Healthcare, Engineering and Legal & Paralegal and other courses.
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Southwest Florida College - Tampa
Georgia
Gwinnett College
Located in Lilburn, Georgia offering Massage Therapy, Office Professional, Medical & Healthcare and Legal & Paralegal curricula.
Idaho
Milan Institute - Boise
Offering Medical & Healthcare, Dental, Legal & Paralegal, Massage Therapy, Office Professional curricula.
Illinois
Northwestern Business College - Bridgeview
Offers Accounting & Finance, Business, Criminal Justice, Computer, Office Professional, Human Resources, Medical & Healthcare, Management, Legal & Paralegal, Property Management and Massage Therapy curricula.
Other Illinois campuses:
Northwestern Business College - Chicago
Northwestern Business College - Naperville
Indiana
IBC- Ft Wayne
Offering Accounting & Finance, Office Professional, Computer, Graphic Design, Legal & Paralegal, Medical & Healthcare, Travel & Tourism, Management and Veterinary curricula.
Kansas
Northeast Kansas Technical College
Located in Atchison, Kansas, offering Accounting & Finance, Automotive & Diesel, Office Professional, Construction, Drafting & Architecture, Electrician & Energy Trades, Nursing, Welding & Machine Trades, Legal & Paralegal and Computer curricula.
Kentucky
Daymar College - NewportOffering Business, Computer, Criminal Justice, Arts & Design, Medical & Healthcare, Office Professional and Legal & Paralegal curricula.
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Daymar College Located in Owensboro, Kentucky.
Draughons Junior College - Bowling Green
Offering Accounting & Finance, Office Professional, Business, Criminal Justice, Legal & Paralegal, Arts & Design, Management and Medical & Healthcare curricula.
Maine
Andover College - Lewiston
Offering Accounting & Finance, Business, Criminal Justice, Education & Childcare, Legal and Paralegal, Medical & Healthcare, Office Professional and Travel & Tourism curricula.
Other campuses:
Andover College - Portland
Maryland
Strayer University - Prince George
Located in Suitland, Maryland, Strayer University offers various curricula including Accounting, Acquisition, Banking, Business, Computer Security, Economics, Finance, General Studies, Hospitality, Human Resouce Management, Information Systems, Legal Studies, Masters, Marketing, Management, Programming, Retail, and Technology.
Other campuses:
Strayer University - Rockville
Strayer University - Takoma Park Located in Washington, DC.
Strayer University - Washington, DC
Minnesota
Rasmussen College - Brooklyn Park
Offers Accounting & Finance, Business, Management, Human Resources, Computer, Massage Therapy, Legal & Paralegal and many other curricula.
Other Minnesota campuses:
Rasmussen College - Eagan
Rasmussen College - Eden Prairie
Rasmussen College - Lake Elmo
Rasmussen College - Mankato
Rasmussen College - St. Cloud
Missouri
Vatterott College - Springfield
Offering Computer, Drafting & Architecture, Dental, Heating & Refrigeration, Legal & Paralegal, Medical & Healthcare and Office Professional curricula.
Nebraska
Vatterott College - Omaha
Offers Accounting & Finance, Medical & Healthcare, Construction, Arts & Design, Computer, Management, Cosmetology, Dental, Graphic Design, Heating & Refrigeration, Office Professional, Pharmacy and Veterinary curricula.
New Hampshire
Hesser College - Concord
Offering Accounting & Finance, Business, Criminal Justice, Legal & Paralegal, Counseling & Psychology and Medical & Healthcare curricula.
Other New Hampshire campuses of Hesser College:
Hesser College Located in Manchester, New Hampshire.
Hesser College - Nashua
Hesser College - Portsmouth
Hesser College - Salem
New York
Everest Institute - Rochester
Offers Accounting & Finance, Office Professional, Business, Management, Computer, Arts & Design, Criminal Justice, Legal & Paralegal and Medical & Healthcare curricula.
North Carolina
Miller Motte College Willmington
Offering Accounting, Business, Cosmetology, Criminal Justice, Dental, Esthetics, Management, Massage Therapy, Medical, Microcomputer, Paralegal,and Therapeutic Massage curricula.
Other campuses:
Miller-Motte Technical College - Charleston
Ohio
National College - Dayton
Offering Accounting & Finance, Office Professional, Business, Computer, Management, Medical & Healthcare and Legal & Paralegal curricula.
Ohio Business College - Sheffield CollegeOffering Accounting & Finance, Business, Computer, Legal & Paralegal, Medical & Healthcare, Arts & Design, Office Professional and Property Management curricula.
Other campuses:
Ohio Business College - Sandusky
Oklahoma
Vatterott College-Oklahoma City
Offers Accounting & Finance, Computer, Criminal Justice, Office Professional, Electrician & Energy Trades, Heating & Refrigeration, Medical & Healthcare and Legal & Paralegal curricula.
Oregon
College of Legal Arts
Located in Portland, Oregon, offering Court Reporting, Legal & Paralegal, Medical & Healthcare and Criminal Justice curricula.
Pioneer Pacific College - Clackamas
Offering Accounting & Finance, Business, Advertising & Marketing, Office Professional, Criminal Justice, Medical & Healthcare and Legal & Paralegal curricula.
Pennsylvania
Berks Technical Institute
Offering Arts & Design, Business, Criminal Justice, Computer, Drafting & Architecture, Legal & Paralegal, Massage Therapy, Medical & Healthcare and Office Professional curricula.
Keystone Technical Institute
Located in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, offering various curricula incuding Dental, Medical & Healthcare, Legal & Paralegal and numerous other courses.
Newport Business Institute-Lower BurrellOffering various curricula including Accounting & Finance, Legal & Paralegal, Business, Computer and others.
Other campuses:
Newport Business Institute - Williamsport
PACE Institute
Located in Reading, Pennsylvania, offering Accounting & Finance, Business, Office Professional, Management, Computer, Engineering, Electronics & Computer Repair, Legal & Paralegal, Fashion & Interior Design, Medical & Healthcare and Travel & Tourism curricula.
Penn Commercial Business & Technical School
Located in Washington, Pennsylvania, offering many different curricula including Massage Therapy, Medical & Healthcare and numerous others.
Prism Career Institute - Philadelphia
Offers Accounting & Finance, Business, Office Professional, Medical & Healthcare and Legal & Paralegal curricula.
Tennessee
Draughons Junior College - ClarksvilleOffers Accounting & Finance, Office Professional, Business, Computer, Criminal Justice, Dental, Legal & Paralegal, Management, Arts & Design and Medical & Healthcare curricula.
See also:
Draughons Junior College - Murfreesboro
Miller-Motte Technical College - Clarksville
Texas
Center For Advanced Legal Studies
Located in Houston, Texas, offering Legal and Paralegal curricula.
South Texas Vocational Technical Institute - Brownsville
Offers Computer,Clinical Laboratory Technician, Medical & Healthcare, Legal & Paralegal, Nursing, Massage Therapy and other curricula.
Other campuses of South Texas Vocational Institute:
South Texas Vocational Technical Institute - McAllen
South Texas Vocational Technical Institute - Weslaco
Southeastern Career Institute - Dallas
Offering Dental, Legal & Paralegal and Medical & Healthcare curricula.
Texas Careers - San AntonioOffers Computer, Business, Medical & Healthcare, Office Professional and Legal & Paralegal curricula.
Utah
Utah Career College - Layton
Located in Layton, Utah, offering various curricula including paralegal studies.
Virginia
National College - Roanoke Valley
Located in Salem, Virginia offering Accounting & Finance, Business, Management, Computer, Legal & Paralegal and many other curricula.
Strayer University - AlexandriaOffers Accounting, Acquisition, Banking, Business, Computer Security, Economics, Finance, General Studies, Hospitality, Human Resouce Management, Information Systems, Legal Studies, Masters, Marketing, Management, Programming, Retail, and Technology curricula.
Other campuses in Virginia:
Strayer University - Arlington
Strayer University - Fredericksburg
Strayer University - Loudoun Located in Ashburn, Virginia.
Strayer University - Woodbridge
West Virginia
West Virginia Junior College - Charleston
Offering Business, Computer, Legal & Paralegal, Office Professional and Medical & Healthcare curricula.
Other campuses of West Virginia Junior College:
West Virginia Junior College - Morgantown
Wisconsin
Rasmussen College- Green Bay
Offering Accounting, Business, Call Center Management, Child Development, Human Resource, Internet Marketing, Marketing and Sales, Criminal Justice, Information Systems Management, Web Programming, Medical, Office, and Management curricula.
Canada
British Columbia
Everest College - Burnaby
Everest College is one of the leading post-secondary Business, Technology and Health Care career training college in Canada. Our diploma programs include business administration, accounting, programming, networking, and a wide variety of medical programs.CDI has more than 30 locations across Canada. Evening classes are available.
For the quickest response any day of the week please contact us by filling out the form linked to here, and an Admissions representative will contact you within 24 hrs with the information you request. Your personal information collected by CDI will remain confidential.
Ontario
Everest College - London
Everest College is one of the leading post-secondary Business, Technology and Health Care career training college in Canada. Our diploma programs include business administration, accounting, programming, networking, and a wide variety of medical programs.CDI has more than 30 locations across Canada. Evening classes are available.
For the quickest response any day of the week please contact us by filling out the form linked to here, and an Admissions representative will contact you within 24 hrs with the information you request. Your personal information collected by CDI will remain confidential.
Other campuses:
Everest College - Newmarket
triOS College Business Technology Healthcare - Hamilton
triOS offers Accounting & Finance, Business, Computer, Engineering, Counseling & Psychology, E-Commerce, Criminal Justice, Legal & Paralegal, Office Professional, Massage Therapy, Travel & Tourism, and Arts & Design curricula.
Other triOS campuses across Ontario:
triOS College Business Technology Healthcare - Kitchener
triOS College Business Technology Healthcare - London
triOS College Business Technology Healthcare - Mississauga
triOS College Business Technology Healthcare - Toronto
triOS College Business Technology Healthcare - Windsor
Quebec
Everest College - Laval
Everest College is one of the leading post-secondary Business, Technology and Health Care career training college in Canada. Our diploma programs include business administration, accounting, programming, networking, and a wide variety of medical programs. CDI has more than 30 locations across Canada.
Evening classes are available.
For the quickest response any day of the week please contact us by filling out this form, and an Admissions representative will contact you within 24 hrs with the information you request. Your personal information collected by CDI will remain confidential.
Other campuses in P.Q.:
Everest College / Delta College - Montreal
Everest College - Quebec Located in Quebec City.
