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PARA 98
Drafting Wills and Trusts
Course Description
Substantive, procedural and drafting principles of wills and trusts and estate planning: role of paralegal in drafting wills and trusts, inventorying estates, and collecting data.
Student Learning Outcomes
- Demonstrate an understanding of the substantative legal principles controlling wills and trusts in the state of California.
- Demonstrate an ability to identify and prepare the appropriate documents required based on various fact scenerios.
- Analyze the current role of the paralegal in the estates and trusts legal practice.
Course Details
- Units
- 4 Units
- Hours
- Weekly Lecture Hours: 4
- Weekly Lab Hours: 0
- Gen Ed
- Non-GE Class
- Program Status
- Program Applicable
- Credit
- Credit - Degree Applicable
- Transferability
- Transferable to CSU only
- Grading Method
- Letter Grading
Requisite and Advisory
- Prerequisite(s)
- PARA 94 or ADMJ 95 or PARA 95 or POLI 95 either course may be taken concurrently or professional experience appropriate to the topic - Effective Fall 2023 ADMJ 9 or PARA 9 or POLI 9 or PARA 94 either course may be taken concurrently or professional experience appropriate to the topic - Effective Fall 2024
- Advisory(ies)
- ESL 272 and ESL 273, or ESL 472 and ESL 473, or eligibility for EWRT 1A or EWRT 1AH or ESL 5
- Corequisite(s)
Limitations on Enrollment and Entrance Skills
- Limitation(s) on Enrollment
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