Building on the popular Paralegal Certificate program, the Advanced Paralegal Certificate provides an opportunity to deepen your knowledge of law and paralegal studies with classes in specialized facets of contemporary law.
The additional training gained through participation in these advanced classes will deepen your legal knowledge and skills, which in turn should increase your marketability.
How the Advanced Paralegal Certificate Program Works
This fully online noncredit professional development program includes 270 clock hours of training.
To complete the Advanced Paralegal Certificate, you will take six Advanced Paralegal courses. Each course is offered in a seven-week online session (see session start dates below). You may take 1-3 topics per session, in any order.
The six courses available for Workforce-funded Advanced Paralegal program participants are:
- Advanced Legal Research
- Business Law
- Criminal Law
- Estate Planning
- Family Law
- Victim Advocacy
Advanced Paralegal Session Start Dates
- March 8, 2021
- May 3, 2021
- June 28, 2021
- August 23, 2021
- October 18, 2021
You should expect to spend at least 8-12 hours per week reading, preparing assignments and taking tests for each course.
Upon successful completion of this non-credit online program, participants will receive a Certificate of Completion from University of Arizona Continuing & Professional Education.
This program is offered in collaboration with CLS by BARBRI.