NEWS RELEASE

Office of External Communications

Houston, TX 77204-5017 Fax: 713.743.8199

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 23, 2005

Contact: Angie Joe
713.743.8153 (office)
713.617.7138 (pager)
ajoe@uh.edu
NEW PARALEGAL TRAINING PROGRAM OFFERED BY UH
Students Receive Certificate Following Course Completion

HOUSTON, Aug. 23, 2005 – An eight-weekend paralegal training course will be offered for the first time by UH’s Continuing Education and Corporate Training department this fall. An information night about the course will be held Aug. 25 at 7 p.m. at the UH Hilton, Continuing Education wing, room 105.

Offering the course only on weekends allows those with full-time jobs to participate, said program organizer Lauren Kirby. It requires a high school diploma, and the $1,995 fee includes all course books. UH can provide a multi-payment plan for those who cannot pay the entire fee up front.

UH’s course will run every Saturday and Sunday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., from Oct. 8 to Dec. 4, excluding Thanksgiving weekend, Nov. 26-27.

The instructors for the course are lawyers and paralegals. Students will receive a framed certificate of completion for paralegal training at the end of the course. Upon completion of the UH program, students can choose to pursue accreditation by becoming a Certified Legal Assistant (CLA) through the National Association of Legal Assistants (NALA), or a Registered Paralegal (RP) through the National Federal of Paralegal Associations (NFPA).

For more information about the UH Paralegal Certificate Program, or to register, go to www.uh.edu/continuingeducation, or contact Lauren Kirby at 713-743-1060 or lkirby@uh.edu.

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