Certificate of Achievement-Advanced in Paralegal Studies - Corporate Law

De Anza College

The Paralegal Studies - Corporate Law Certificate of Achievement-Advanced sequence prepares students to work under the supervision of an attorney in a corporate law practice, including in-house legal departments, government agencies and nonprofit organizations. Paralegal duties in a corporate practice include performing factual and legal research drafting legal documents and correspondence interviewing clients and witnesses organizing and maintaining case files coordinating the use of technology in legal work and assisting lawyers with substantive legal work related to mergers and acquisitions, company formation, technology transactions, securities transactions, venture funds, startup enterprises and other specific corporate practice legal work.

Social Sciences and Humanities Division