AA/AS in Legal Support Services

Moraine Valley Community College offers an Associate in Applied Science in Paralegal Studies for students preparing to assist attorneys and other legal professionals. The program stresses writing, research and technology, along with concern for access to justice and continued professional growth. Students build substantive and procedural skills across areas of law including bankruptcy, civil, criminal, family, real estate and probate matters. Ethical and professional competence is a further emphasis, and the program lists mastery of legal vocabulary and paralegal ethics among its learning objectives. The degree totals 60 credit hours and appears in the college catalog under curriculum code 1490. A related certificate version exists for students who already hold another college degree, and students can compare the two with an advisor.