INFORMATION SESSIONS TO HELD BLINN STUDENTS INTERESTED IN THE LEGAL ASSISTANT PROGRAM

  

Blinn College will host information sessions for prospective students interested in pursuing careers in law.

The Legal Assistant Program will hold an information session at 5:45 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 7, in Room 135 of the Bryan campus Science Building. Program Coordinator Robert Stanberry will lead the session, detailing the program, its certificate and degree offerings and offer prospective students the opportunity to ask questions.

Legal assistants, also known as paralegals, assist attorneys in the delivery of legal services, performing duties that include attending trials, assisting in testimony preparation, locating and interviewing witnesses, conducting client interviews and conducting investigations and research. Their role is expanding as companies look to hire employees with a broad understanding of legal matters. Job opportunities abound in private law firms, courts, government, insurance companies, administrative agencies and corporations.

“I have seen first-hand the superior quality of the graduates of the Blinn Legal Assistant Program,” said Channa E. Borman, a Bryan family law attorney and Legal Assistant Program instructor. “I prefer to hire Blinn paralegals because the program gives students a solid foundation and equips them with the skills to work in the legal field upon graduation.”

The program equips students for a variety of law careers with an Associate of Applied Sciences (AAS) degree or a Legal Office Certificate. Courses are taught by a faculty comprised entirely of lawyers and judges, all doctorate degree holders, whose classes are structured to promote quality student-faculty interaction. Students completing the AAS degree are eligible to sit for the National Association of Legal Assistants certification exam, and majors in the program join the Legal Assistant Student Organization.