Description
This short article is a comparative analysis of paralegal education in United States and Canada. It also uses the UK as a reference point with regards to professional degrees.
The trend in paralegal education has been to adopt expensive paralegal degree programs, yet there is no empirical evidence showing that a paralegal will perform more competently than a paralegal with just a certificate; or a combination of a certificate and experience.
By adopting expensive programs it eliminates low income people, minorities, single mothers, disabled veterans and handicapped people from pursuing a paralegal education, since they can't afford to pay expensive tuitions. It also forces students to take on school loans and shoulder huge debt loads in a distressed economy.
This paper presents reasonable educational alternatives on the basis of its findings.
The trend in paralegal education has been to adopt expensive paralegal degree programs, yet there is no empirical evidence showing that a paralegal will perform more competently than a paralegal with just a certificate; or a combination of a certificate and experience.
By adopting expensive programs it eliminates low income people, minorities, single mothers, disabled veterans and handicapped people from pursuing a paralegal education, since they can't afford to pay expensive tuitions. It also forces students to take on school loans and shoulder huge debt loads in a distressed economy.
This paper presents reasonable educational alternatives on the basis of its findings.
Book Details
Format
Kindle
Pages
17 pages
Language
English
Published
Jan 15, 2012