Certified Paralegal Review Course: Winter 2019-2020
Course
Cost: Only $295! This course includes six afternoons of instructor-led
review with guidance and feedback on practice writing assignments and simulated
test questions. Students must separately
register, and pay, for the exam directly with NALA. Students in this review course can then take
the exam at Phoenix College on special, designated testing days. This special testing opportunity is for
students in this review course only.
This
review course will help prepare you for the Certified Paralegal (CP) exam
offered by the National Association of Legal Assistants (NALA). The
course covers all required areas of the exam.
There
are two steps to preparing for the exam:
- Register and pay for
this review course with Phoenix College.
- Register and pay the
examination fees for the Certified Paralegal exam directly with NALA.
Everyone must do this. For NALA’s application and information on
the application process, go to: http://www.nala.org/certification/certtest3
The
review course is open to everyone.
Paralegal students at Phoenix College must have completed their program by the end of the December, 2019 to be eligible to take the exam in January of 2020.
If you are still taking any classes
in the spring of 2020 to complete any
portion of your paralegal program then you cannot take the test in January of
2020 but instead will take it during the next testing period.
The
exam consists of two portions: Knowledge
Exam (multiple choice/true-false type questions over several substantive legal
areas), and; Skills Exam (a written exercise).
The
review sessions for the Knowledge Exam will meet from 12:00-5:30 pm on the
following days: 12/07/19, 12/14/19, 01/04/20, 01/11/20, 01/18/20. The Knowledge Exam will be administered from
8:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. on 01/25/20.
Examinees receive their pass/fail results immediately upon completing
the Knowledge Exam. NALA requires
examines to pass the Knowledge Exam before they can take the Skills Exam. Examinees that do not pass the Knowledge Exam
can retest for that portion after 90 days.
The Skills Exam will be from 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. on 02/22/20.
For
those that pass the Knowledge Exam on the morning of 01/25/20, a review
session for the Skills Exam will be held from 12:30-5:30 that same day (01/25/20). In the review for the Skills Exam, students
will learn about the structure and strategy for taking the Skills Exam. Over
the following four weeks, those that will be taking the Skills Exam will work
independently doing several practice skills assignments that they will submit
online via Canvas to the faculty for review and feedback. This will help them practice and prepare for
the Skills Exam.
The
location for the course will be at Phoenix College, 1202 W. Thomas Road. Building “E”, Room 221.
Review Course Material: The textbook for the course will be NALA's Certified
Paralegal Exam Fundamentals book. For ordering information, go to: http://bit.ly/NALACPBK
REGISTRATION
BEGINS October 14, 2019. Call 602-285-7222, Monday-Thursday,
8:00-5:00, and tell them you would like to register for the Winter 2019-2020 non-credit class number 36675 -
Certified Paralegal Review. Payment
is due upon registration. For more information email us at: paralegal@phoenixcollege.edu and include your student
number in any email message.