Paralegal Certificate (PAC)
2025-2026 Business & Administrative Pathway
Certificate, Human Services & Emergency Response Pathways Division
Recommended Course Selection Sequence
| CPS100 | Information Technology and Its Applications | 3 |
| PLG101 | Introduction to Law and Paralegal Practice | 3 |
| PLG102 | Legal Research | 3 |
| PLG202 | Litigation | 3 |
| PLG106 | Legal Writing | 3 |
| PLG205 | Computer Applications for the Law Office ] | 3 |
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| Choose 3 of the following courses: | |
| PLG104 | Basic Criminal Law and Procedure | 3 |
| PLG108 | Real Estate Law | 3 |
| PLG201 | Estates and Trusts | 3 |
| PLG203 | Business Organizations | 3 |
| PLG204 | Family Law | 3 |
| PLG206 | Field Placement for Paralegals | 3 |
Total Credit Hours: 27
Program Notes
- Special admissions requirement
- This program is approved by the American Bar Association (ABA)
- Associates or Bachelors degree required
- Day or evening program
- A minimum of 9 credits of legal specialty courses must be taken in the traditional classroom
Campus Information
Additional Graduation Requirements
- Cumulative CLGPA at or above 2.0
- Mathematics proficiency to graduate
- Submit your intent to graduate form at https://www.northshore.edu/registrar/graduation.html
Advising Notes
This certificate is designed upon completion to prepare a student for entry level employment as a paralegal.
For students interested in continuing their education in the paralegal pathway, courses in this certificate count towards the Pagalegal Degree.
Courses are listed in the recommended order you should take them.
Many courses have prerequisite requirements that must be fulfilled to be eligible to enroll in the course.
Taking classes in the winter intersession and summer can accelerate your time to degree completion.
All student degree audits for graduation purposes will be based off the official program of study the student is enrolled in.