Distance Education at West Los Angeles College

 

LAW 3 – CIVIL RIGHTS AND THE LAW (same as PARALEGAL 3)

(UC:CSU) – 3 UNITS
Instructor: V. Nicholas
Email: nicholas@wlac.edu

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General Information:

This course takes place entirely online. No on-campus visits are required. 

The course begins on September 5.  You must access the course by September 8.

Newly enrolled students must email the instructor to confirm enrollment.  Please do this now by clicking here: nicholas@wlac.edu.

 

Students who do not email instructor by September 8 will be dropped.

 


Course Description:

Note: Law 3 is the same as Paralegal 3.

This course presents a comparative and analytical study of the law and related problems concerning the Bill of Rights and the U.S. Constitution. Life and the death penalty, freedoms of speech and press, freedom of religion, racial and sexual equality, and privacy are some of the topics under consideration, with emphasis on recent court decisions and current events. The course is a recommended elective for the Paralegal Certificate.


Required Materials:

Constitutional Law, Principles and Practice by Hames and Ekern. Thomson Delmar Learning; ISBN: 1-4018-0734-8.


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