Paralegal

[Johann]

I read the Center for Legal Studies site fairly quickly -- and found a couple of things that don't seem to have been mentioned yet:

(1) CLS says for paralegal practice in California, you need two courses - the basic and advanced. The advanced course costs (generally) $1650 online or $550 text-only. This no-frills version is available from Adams State U. Taking it raises the total ante to around $2,000. The CLS course description doesn't say anything about credit-hours, though Jonathan - who is always 200% reliable - told us that Adams State says it would award 6 credits for 2 CLS courses. $2,000 for 6 credits is no particular bargain. Adams State's own distance courses used to go for less - or maybe that's changed. And just how much would you end up paying CLS - at 6 credits for two courses, for the 24 credits you need to be a LDA?

(2) CLS say on completion of the 6 modules-or-whatever of the advanced course, you get 27 CEUs (Continuing Education Units.) CEU's do NOT translate into credits. The purpose of CEUs is to satisfy ongoing professional training requirements. Many professions specify so many a year, to maintain licensing. I've read of numerous people hoping to exchange CEUs for college credit-hours. Doesn't generally work, even though they're both based on contact hours. Partial reason: not all CEU courses are considered college/university level. Aside from what our ever-reliable Jonathan has told us about Adams State, how much do we really know about other RA schools' policy on credit hours for these courses? Specifically, how much (if any) and from which schools?

Johann