Communications for The Paralegal Profession

Students will develop the skills to research and draft a variety of legal documents, memoranda, affidavits, factum, written submissions and reporting letters, clearly and concisely with a view to providing plain language legal representation. Students will focus on the importance of proper writing skills for paralegals, sentence structure, the writing process, the effective organization of materials given expectations in legal practice, and the ability to reference sources and embed quotations by using the McGill citation style.