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  • LAW 4000: Constitutional Law

    3.00 Credits
    Pennsylvania Western University

    The Constitutional Law course is designed to give an overview of the interpretation of the constitutional articles and amendments. The student will explore the three branches of the federal government and the interpretation of the articles that created them and control their functioning. The course will also examine the individual's rights in society, the changes in society that impact individual rights, and the Supreme Court decisions interpreting individual rights. In addition, students will analyze and assess fact patterns, investigate claims and arguments, prepare pleadings and other legal documents as well as conduct sophisticated legal research in matters of constitutional law.
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  • LAW 4100: Law and Ethics

    3.00 Credits
    Pennsylvania Western University

    An inquiry into the interplay of law, morality and ethical reasoning and Western legal tradition is the chief thrust of this course. The course exposes the tradition and foundations of the American legal system with special emphasis on its juris prudential foundations. Questions of right, justice, equity, law as moral command and order, natural law reasoning, and the dignity of the human person are central to the instruction. This course will also introduce students to the types of ethical dilemmas that they will face in the work force; generally to the ethical rules developed by the American Bar Association, and specifically, to the rules adopted by this jurisdiction for the regulation of attorney and paralegal conduct and the model codes of paralegal associations; and to methods for researching the answers to ethical dilemmas.
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  • LAW 4200: Navigating Contracts

    3.00 Credits
    Pennsylvania Western University

    This course provides the student with a straightforward examination on the law of contracts. Complex area of law is clarified using numerous practical examples on how to draft and interpret different types of contracts. The student will learn to draft the initial agreements, incorporate changes, conduct an initial contract analysis in the event of a dispute to determine potential rights and liabilities, and help determine the appropriate remedies available. At the course's end, the student will be conversant with all of the elements of basic contract law and drafting.
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  • LAW 4300: Law and Conflict Resolution

    3.00 Credits
    Pennsylvania Western University

    This course provides students with an in-depth understanding of alternate forms of dispute resolution outside courtroom litigation. These alternate forms include mediation, negotiation and arbitration. It incorporates a community service experience in mediation allowing students a unique opportunity to apply theories, concepts and skills learned in the classroom to practical experiences in serving others in the community. The course provides students with a thorough and complete approach to understanding the psychological dimensions to conflict diagnosis. It also provides guidelines to evaluate and develop strategies and tactics to address interpersonal conflict. It also provides a comprehensive survey of all ADR processes.
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  • LAW 4400: Labor and Employment Law

    3.00 Credits
    Pennsylvania Western University

    Law concepts of labor and employment law and their respective applications are the central themes of the course. The course spends considerable time identifying applicable federal labor and employment laws, distinguishing between exempt and nonexempt employers, and differentiating between public and private sector employees. The course continues by analyzing labor organization, unfair labor practices, collective bargaining, picketing and strikes, the rights of union members, and public sector labor relations. Additionally, the duties and responsibilities of government and business executives and human resource managers are analyzed; and the administration and enforcement roles of various federal (and state) commissions and departments are discussed.
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  • LAW 4600: Elder Law

    3.00 Credits
    Pennsylvania Western University

    This course concentrates on the legal problems associated with the elderly and issues of aging. It introduces students to the unique client needs of the elder client and their families. This course introduces substantive legal theories in modern elder law, including introduction to government program, such as Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security for old age retirement assistance; advanced planning for retirement; elder abuse and protective services legislation; and nursing home rights legislation. Topics include health care funding; health care decision making; long-term care; end-of-life decisions; elder abuse and neglect, both institutional and non-institutional, and guardianship.
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  • LAW 4700: Immigration Law

    3.00 Credits
    Pennsylvania Western University

    This course provides students with a theoretical and practical understanding of the process and procedures relating to immigration law. It also provides proper methodology for client interviews and client files, as well as an introduction to preparation of petitions and agencies that are part of Immigration law. Students will have practice in completing standard immigration forms, researching immigration law, accessing government and other websites for immigration related materials, and reviewing current issues in immigration law. Students will be able to assess each Visa category, determining the type of filing required by client circumstance. Students will analyze hypothetical situations, allowing students to scrutinize actual problems and issues that arise when processing a case. United States immigration statutes, rules and regulations, and precedent and administrative policies relevant to immigration law are fully covered.
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  • LAW 4800: Education Law

    3.00 Credits
    Pennsylvania Western University

    This course is designed to provide a foundational understanding of the legal framework within which public schools operate, and to examine selected legal issues that arise in the organization and administration of public schools. Emphasis and focus will be placed on the relevant law as it pertains to students in today's schools.
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  • LAW 4900: Legal Studies Experience

    3.00 Credits
    Pennsylvania Western University

    In this course, students explore paralegal practices in various types of legal settings, including community programs, institutions, and courts. Student will be instructed on ethics, office procedures, confidentiality, and general paralegal practice.
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  • LAW 6000: Law and Public Policy

    3.00 Credits
    Pennsylvania Western University

    The cornerstone course of the graduate degree comprises this program of study. Exactly how law plays out in a multitude of settings, from political and legal institutions, to schools and educational entities, to business and free enterprise forms, in social structures and cultural institutions, should be a perpetual concern for the policymaker. How the law impacts individuals also receives some needed attention and course participants will weigh and gauge the effects of proposed and implemented legislation in a wide array of contexts including: police and the citizenry, correctional institutions and the incarcerated, government benefit plans and targeted recipients, entitlement programs and the public treasury, tax policy and the incentive based model, charitable giving and the law's role in fostering giving, to name a few. Measuring impacts and effects on individuals and institutions stands in the forefront of course delivery.
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