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• OSAH 101: Construction Industry Outreach Safety Education

  1.00 Credits

  Northampton County Area Community College

  
  This course is centered around the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's Construction Industry Outreach Training Credential Program CFR 29 1926. The intention is to provide entry level construction industry workers a broad awareness as it relates to recognizing and preventing hazards within the confines their respective workplaces. The discussion and information covers a variety of safety and health hazards which an employee may encounter in a construction industry workplace. This course is intended to be an orientation of construction workplace hazards awareness and job hazard analysis. Additionally, it will provide introductory concepts of occupational safety and health and best safety practices.
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• OSAH 102: General Industry Outreach Safety Education

  1.00 Credits

  Northampton County Area Community College

  
  This course is centered around the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's General Industry Outreach Training Credential Program CFR 29 1910. The intention is to provide entry level general industry workers a broad awareness as it relates to recognizing and preventing hazards within the confines their respective workplaces. The discussion and information covers a variety of safety and health hazards which an employee may encounter in a general industry workplace. This course is intended to be an orientation of general industry workplace hazards awareness and job hazard analysis. Additionally, it will provide introductory concepts of occupational safety and health and best safety practices.
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• PARL 101: Introduction to Paralegal Studies

  3.00 Credits

  Northampton County Area Community College

  
  This course introduces the American legal system and the variety of work done in the public and private practice of law by attorneys and paralegals working under the supervision of attorneys; emphasis on substantive and procedural aspects of law and the role of paralegals in accomplishing varied tasks within the legal system; examination of the structure and operation of the federal and state court systems; discussion of the ethical considerations inherent in the performance of various functions by paralegals.
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• PARL 150: Law Office Procedures

  3.00 Credits

  Northampton County Area Community College

  
  This course introduces the student to a typical legal office setting and the duties that may be required of a paralegal, emphasis on various file management and docket systems, billing and account management, client and colleague interaction, current office technology and ethical behavior.
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• PARL 151: Family Law

  3.00 Credits

  Northampton County Area Community College

  
  This course introduces basic common law and statutory concepts of family law and domestic relations. Topics include, among others, marriages, separation, divorce, annulment, martial property, the parent-child relationship, child custody and supports, adoptions, guardianship, domestic relations court procedures, and the paralegal's role in the delivery of family law legal services. Ethical obligations, family law terminology and relevant technology in domestic relations practice are also presented. Offered in Fall Semester Only. Prerequisite:    PARL 101
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• PARL 153: Real Estate Law

  3.00 Credits

  Northampton County Area Community College

  
  Designed to prepare the student to become a legal office administrative support person who is either a paralegal or legal office administrator; basic concepts of the law of real property and rules affecting ownership, and transfer of ownership of real property; preparation of deeds, mortgages, title search and leases, including accumulating data and information needed to complete the above forms. Offered in Fall Semester Only. Prerequisite:    PARL 101 Corequisite:    PARL 101
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• PARL 156: Estates and Trusts

  3.00 Credits

  Northampton County Area Community College

  
  Preparation of wills, trusts and administration of estates; responsibilities of the legal assistant in these areas; sample forms for wills, trusts and administration of an estate; preparation of tax returns. Offered spring semester only. Prerequisite:    PARL 101 Corequisite:    PARL 101
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• PARL 161: Business Organization Law

  3.00 Credits

  Northampton County Area Community College

  
  This course introduces the principles of law applicable to operation of a business as a sole proprietorship, partnership, and corporation. Students will learn how to draft documents needed for organization, operation and dissolution of each.
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• PARL 162: Contract Law

  3.00 Credits

  Northampton County Area Community College

  
  This course introduces proper analysis and application of the law pertaining to contract classification, formation, interpretation, remedies, and dispute resolution under common law, consumer protection laws and the Uniform Commercial Code. Emphasis is on the role of the paralegal in accomplishing various tasks under the supervision of an attorney in all phases of the contracting process. Offered in Fall Semester Only. Prerequisite:    PARL 101
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• PARL 163: Tort Law

  3.00 Credits

  Northampton County Area Community College

  
  This course introduces civil wrongs including intentional torts, negligence, product liability, trespass, and nuisance cases. Examination of the common defenses to such actions and appropriate remedies for the victims are analyzed. The paralegal's role in the delivery of legal services, ethical obligations, legal terminology and relevant technology in a tort and personal injury law practice also are presented. Offered in Spring Semester Only. Prerequisite:    PARL 101
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