Take the next step in your paralegal career

The ability to effectively conduct legal research and analysis is an important aspect of any legal career. With your paralegal certificate in hand or a year of legal experience under your belt, you’re ready to learn more advanced and specialized approaches to legal research and writing. CLS by BARBRI helps you build on your paralegal skills to expand your expertise and grow your career.

Learning outcomes

The Advanced Legal Research and Writing course examines advanced and specialized approaches to using the legal resources available in a law library and elsewhere. Get valuable training to understand the conceptual differences between computer-assisted legal research and hard copy research. Plus, learn how to formulate WESTLAW search queries and effectively and efficiently use WESTLAW and other online legal research methods as timesaving devices in research and writing. Coursework in Advanced Legal Research and Writing is equivalent to 50 clock hours of study.

Career outlook

As the practice of legal research evolves from largely hard-copy centric searches to computer-assisted queries, your ability to use advanced approaches to legal research, briefing cases and writing to the law will only increase your salary potential and marketability. From greater job readiness to endless opportunities for career advancement, this course is the natural next step in your paralegal career. Set yourself up for career success with this rewarding program.

What you earn

Successful graduates earn a certificate of completion from St. Cloud State University.