Students explore the legal, ethical, managerial and
constitutional foundations of the field.
The goals of each area prepare students to learn fundamental
concepts to become successful in the field:
- Identify interrelationships among cases, statutes, regulations
and other legal authorities.
- Read, evaluate and analyze sources of law and apply them to
related issues.
- Prepare, read and interpret request documents to obtain
information that is commonly maintained by government
entities.
- Apply knowledge of the various types of laws — international,
tribal, federal, state, criminal, civil, constitutional, statutory
and regulatory.
Organize legal arguments logically by clearly stating the
applicable rule(s) of law and then applying the law to the
pertinent facts.