Paralegal

[Jonathan Whatley]

A certificate of completion from a paralegal program that is institutionally accredited but not approved by the American Bar Association, that requires successful completion of a minimum of 24 semester units, or the equivalent, in legal specialization courses. […]

Therefore, this class qualifies. I am trying to be a Licensed Document Assistant.

Where are you seeing evidence that any of the Center for Legal Studies courses through a California school, or any school, "requires successful completion of a minimum of 24 semester units, or the equivalent, in legal specialization courses?"

You specified the Advanced Paralegal Certificate course. The CLS states there that:

The two parts in combination [Paralegal Certificate and Advanced Paralegal Certificate] have been designed to meet the requirements of the California Business and Professional Code §6450, legislation that took effect in California on 1/1/01.

Section 6450 is for Paralegals. A different section, 6402, describes the requirements for Legal Document Assistants. CLS doesn't seem to claim any correspondence between their courses and the requirements of 6402.

Back to "24 semester units, or the equivalent." For the Advanced Paralegal Certificate, CLS says

Online participants should expect to spend at least 45-50 hours reading and preparing assignments and tests for each course. Participants who successfully complete six of the topics required of the Advanced Paralegal Course will earn up to 27 CEU’s and will receive a certificate of completion from the college or university with which they have registered.

CEUs, Continuing Education Units, are absolutely not the equivalent of semester units (semester hours).

For the Advanced Paralegal Certificate, 6 courses x (45 to 50 hours each) = 270 to 300 hrs. expected.

California law follows national Carnegie Unit standards in defining the semester unit. According to a California CC that's published a handy guide on the subject [pdf],

a unit of credit equates to three hours of student work per week (1 hour lecture plus 2 hours of homework OR 3 hours of lab) for 16 weeks. In certain circumstances, it is possible to have more hours, but not less.

For the Paralegal Certificate, let's say you were credited with 6 semester units consistent with the Adams State brochure. You'd need a further certificate requiring that plus 18 more semester units or equivalent in legal specialization courses to meet the 24 semester unit requirement in the law.

3 hrs x 16 = 48 hrs. of work expected at minimum per semester unit
48 hrs x 18 semester units = 864 hrs. expected at minimum for 18 semester units

But the clearly published student work expectations for the Advanced Paralegal Certificate are only 270 to 300 hrs.

The CLS Paralegal Certificate plus the Advanced Paralegal Certificate together don't appear to meet the "24 semester units, or the equivalent" test for the pathway to qualifying as an LDA in California highlighted above.