WOL-120: Legal Terminology

Credits: 3 Credits (126 Clock Hours)
Self-paced: 4-month completion deadline.
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Description

Dive into the intricacies of legal jargon with WTI's Legal Terminology course. Crafted for beginners, this course makes the complex language of law accessible through straightforward explanations and engaging interactive exercises. Gain the expertise to communicate adeptly in diverse legal scenarios, be it in courtrooms, during depositions, or law office conferences. The curriculum covers an extensive range of 19 legal domains, from Administrative Law right through to Wills, Trusts, and Estates, each bolstered by a tailored dictionary/thesaurus. By the culmination of this immersive course, you'll seamlessly wield 90 to 110 terms within each legal sector, enhancing your legal communication proficiency.

Subjects covered include:

Effective communication in legal environments.
Comprehensive exploration of 19 areas of law.
In-depth legal dictionaries and thesauri for each chapter.
Mastery of 90 to 110 essential terms per legal area.

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Students can enroll at Washington Technical Institute any time of the year. Open enrollment allows students the ability to start straining for a new career without waiting for a traditional semester to begin.

Self-Paced Courses

Every course at WTI is self-paced, allowing students to spend the time they need to master each lesson. Students have the flexibility to plan and adjust lessons to fit their schedule.

Accredited by MSA-CESS

Washington Technical Institute is regionally accredited as a postsecondary institution by the Middle States Association Colleges & Schools.

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Courses are self-paced and supported by qualified faculty. Students work on their reading, assignments, and quizzes on their own time. This flexibility allows students to study while navigating the rest of their busy lives. Our courses and programs have completion deadlines, but beyond that, students can complete the work on their own schedule. Instructors are always available for questions and support. Students are not required to attend any scheduled class meetings.

Features

Interactive Online Learning that Fits Your Schedule

Washington Technical Institute understands that you have a busy schedule and that you are looking for a school that will fit into your lifestyle. Our virtual classroom helps you fit your education into your life. Our synchronous sessions are designed to help provide additional instructor-led activities and interactions to help with some of the more complex topics. No need to worry, though…if you miss a session, they are all recorded! You can connect with your instructor on questions you have at any time.

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Program Starts

This program starts every day which means you do not have to wait to get started on your education!

Technology Requirements

Students will need to have access to the internet as well as a computer or Chromebook to complete this class. Using a tablet, or phone will not be possible for this program given the nature of the material.

Tuition

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Tuition Includes:

24/7 Access to WTI Interactive Online Classroom
Hands-on Instruction by qualified attorney professors
Audio Lectures (downloadable)
Westlaw or Lois Law Training
Lifetime Career Development Guidance
No Interest Installment Plans

Total Tuition: $599

Available Payment Options & Financing

Full Payment: $599
Payment Plan: $299.50 over 2 payments

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Curriculum

WOL-120 Legal Terminology enables beginning students to quickly grasp legal terminology through clear language and engaging repetition exercises. This helpful resource presents the content accessibly, so that students can feel confident in legal discourse, whether writing briefs, memorandums of law, bills of particulars, or other legal documents. A dictionary/thesaurus in each chapter immerses readers in 19 areas of the law through phonetic pronunciations, definitions, usage, and spellings that offer the fastest approach to using appropriate legal terms. After mastering each term, students use multiple learning formats to use and reuse 90 to 110 terms per chapter.

Course Objectives:

Throughout the course, you will meet the following goals:

Learn to use legal terms as a listener and speaker with judges, attorneys, witnesses, jurors, government agencies, experts, court officers, and the parties in court.
Learn the legal terminology and English skills necessary to produce a record that accurately reflects court proceedings, depositions, legal stipulations, hearings, and law office meetings

Ch 1: Administrative Law
Ch 2: Agency
Ch 3: Bankruptcy
Ch 4: Civil Litigation (Pretrial)
Ch 5: Civil Litigation (Trial and Appeal)
Ch 6: Commercial Law
Ch 7: Constitutional Law
Ch 8: Contracts
Ch 9: Corporations, Partnerships, and Sole Props
Ch 10: Criminal Law and Procedure
Ch 11: Family Law
Ch 12: Insurance
Ch 13: Intellectual Property
Ch 14: Labor and Employment
Ch 15: Legal Ethics
Ch 16: Real Property and Landlord/Tenant
Ch 17: Tax Law
Ch 18: Torts and Personal
Ch 19: Wills, Trusts, and Estates

Grading Scale

A = 95-100%
B = 88-94.9%
C = 80-87.9%
D = 70-79.9%
F = Below 70%

Grade Weighting

Chapter Quizzes.................70%
Final Exam..........................30%

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Washington Technical Institute is Regionally accredited by the Middle States Association CESS, and licensed by the Minnesota Office of Higher Education as an institution of higher learning.

WOL-120: Legal Terminology