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Project Management Knowledge Areas

$195

with LERN U Got Class

Calendar Next available session starts Aug 4, 2025 , runs for 4 weeks
1 additional session on Nov 3, 2025

This is an online course.  This class can be taken anytime, anywhere during the class dates specified.

Registration can be done up to a week after class starts.

In today’s business environment, there is a need for good project management.  Project management provides visibility of project health to the business and the customer.  Through continuous monitoring, early detection of variations to plan, schedule, and budget can be communicated to stakeholders for quick resolution, including project cancellation.  The Project Management Professional community does this through the five (5) Project Management Processes supported by the ten (10) Project Management Knowledge Areas.  This course introduces the student to the ten (10) Project Management Knowledge Areas and their support role and relationships to the five (5) Project Management Processes.

For full details, see:  https://www.yougotclass.org/index.cfm/Sanford

 If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact SCAE at AdultEd@sanford.org

 

Using Personality Profiles for Work Performance

$295

with LERN U Got Class

Calendar Next available session starts Aug 4, 2025 , runs for 4 weeks
1 additional session on Nov 3, 2025

This is an online course.  This class can be taken anytime, anywhere during the class dates specified.

Registration can be done up to a week after class starts.

Increase your overall effectiveness at work, at home, and in all of your relationships.  Improve communication with others, convey your ideas effectively, and improve your ability to understand what is important to those who don't share your style.

For full details, see:  https://www.yougotclass.org/index.cfm/Sanford

If you have any questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to contact SCAE at AdultEd@sanford.org

 

Writing News and Press Releases

$195

with LERN U Got Class

Calendar Next available session starts Aug 4, 2025 , runs for 4 weeks
1 additional session on Nov 3, 2025

This is an online course.  This class can be taken anytime, anywhere during the class dates specified.

Registration can be done up to a week after class starts.

Being able to write a good news story, press release or publicity notice is a skill that can set you apart in the workplace. Getting the word out is an essential activity for every organization. Acquire the skills good journalists have and learn how to craft a news story, press release, or publicity notice that will get attention.

For full details, see:  https://www.yougotclass.org/index.cfm/Sanford

If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact SCAE at AdultEd@sanford.org

 

Advanced Legal Research & Writing

$995

with Center for Legal Studies

Calendar Next available session starts Aug 25, 2025 , runs for 7 weeks
1 additional session

This is an online course.  This class can be taken anytime, anywhere during the class dates specified.

This exciting course is designed to teach advanced and specialized approaches to utilize the legal resources available in a law library, and elsewhere. The conceptual differences between computer-assisted legal research and hard-copy research will be taught. You will also learn how to formulate WESTLAW search queries and effectively and efficiently use WESTLAW and other online legal research methods as time-saving devices in legal research and legal writing. This course is designed to examine more thoroughly advanced and specialized approaches to utilizing the legal sources available in the law library and online. Successful graduates of this non-credit course will be awarded a Certificate of Completion from the college or university of their choice.

Lesson 1: Legal Authorities and Citations

Lesson 2: Legal Analysis

Lesson 3: Westlaw© online legal research

Lesson 4: The Legal Memorandum of Law

Lesson 5: Manual Legal Research

Lesson 6: Types of Legal Writing Course Objectives

How to conduct manual legal research.  How to conduct electronic legal research.  How to find, interpret, and use various types of legal authorities.  How to share with legal authorities.  How to write a legal analysis.  How to draft a Memorandum of Law.  How to briefcase opinions How to engage in various types of legal writing, participants will be expected to complete reading and homework assignments and will be assigned an advanced legal research project and legal writing assignment. Final research and writing projects will be presented for grading to the instructor or CLS by Barbri as a prerequisite of course completion.

PREREQUISITE: Students must have completed the core Paralegal Certificate Course or have one year of paralegal experience before enrolling in this course.

Books Approximate Cost: $400

If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact SCAE at AdultEd@sanford.org

 

Alternative Dispute Resolution (Mediation) Certificate

$995

with Center for Legal Studies

Calendar Next available session starts Aug 25, 2025 , runs for 7 weeks
2 additional sessions through Oct 20, 2025

This is an online course.  This class can be taken anytime, anywhere during the class dates specified.

Become a mediator.  Review the growth and applications of settlement options in the United States.  Learn both traditional and non-traditional dispute resolution options.  Mediation is geared for all professionals who are focused on "interest-based bargaining."  Take the mystery out of settlement processes, focus on reaching reasonable solutions for government, business, and personal disputes, and divorce settlement mediation.

Books Approximate Cost: $225

If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact SCAE at AdultEd@sanford.org

 

CERTIFICATE Advanced Paralegal

$3,300

with Center for Legal Studies

Calendar Next available session starts Aug 25, 2025 , runs for 52 weeks
2 additional sessions through Oct 20, 2025

This is an online course.  This class can be taken anytime, anywhere during the class dates specified.

These advanced topics build upon the nationally acclaimed Paralegal Certificate Course© offered by over 100 colleges and universities nationwide. These classes are available to students who wish to extensively build upon their knowledge of law and paralegal studies with classes in specialized facets of contemporary law. Your study and concentration on substantively specific materials will enable you to gain a strong competitive edge over other paralegals. The additional training gained through participation in these advanced classes will embellish your legal knowledge and skills, which in turn should increase your salary and marketability.

*Those who complete at least six advanced topics will be awarded a Certificate of Completion.

Completing both the Core Requirements and the Advanced Requirements of the Paralegal Certificate Program provides comprehensive training and skills that should enable graduates to work in the quickly growing paralegal profession. The two parts in combination have been designed to meet the requirements of the California Business and Professional Code §6450, legislation that took effect in California on 1/1/01.

Prerequisites

Successful completion of the core Paralegal Certificate Course, or the equivalent, or law office experience.

Books Approximate Cost: $200 + topics

If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact SCAE at AdultEd@sanford.org

 

eDiscovery for Paralegals

$995

with Center for Legal Studies

Calendar Next available session starts Aug 25, 2025 , runs for 7 weeks
2 additional sessions through Oct 20, 2025

This is an online course.  This class can be taken anytime, anywhere.  You can work at your own pace.

This introductory 7-week course is for those entering the eDiscovery field, as well as professionals wanting to broaden their knowledge of the eDiscovery process. Course covers the entire eDiscovery process, from preparation to collection, to review of Electronically Stored Information (ESI). Learners will progress through the basics of eDiscovery prep, best practices for ESI collection, and the review process. 

Books Approximate Cost: $150

If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact SCAE at AdultEd@sanford.org

 

 

 

Employment Law Certificate

$1,105

with Center for Legal Studies

Calendar Next available session starts Aug 25, 2025 , runs for 7 weeks
2 additional sessions through Oct 20, 2025

This class is an online course.  This can be taken anytime, anywhere.  You can work at your own pace.

Employment law is a branch of contract law that deals with relationships between employers and employees.  This course will cover statutes such as the National Labor Relations Act, the Railway Labor Act, and other various statutes dealing with public employees.  Topics to be included are master and servant, wages and hours, anti-discrimination in employment, and minimum wages and maximum hours, as well as regulation of working conditions. 

Books Approximate Cost: $250

If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact SCAE at AdultEd@sanford.org

 





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