The Legal Assisting Program is designed to prepare individuals for employment as paralegals or for further legal studies. Graduates are qualified to assist lawyers in the following areas: drafting legal documents of all kinds; summarizing and processing information in litigation and office practice; performing legal research and writing; managing the law office and supervising support staff. Legal assistants work in a variety of settings, including law offices, government agencies, banks, insurance companies, and institutions that have legal departments or perform such duties.

Students in the program are required to complete 67 credits hours combining courses in social science, general education, legal assisting and two externships. During the externships, students are placed in a law firm or organization for eight hours per week, a total of 128 hours for the semester, where they work under the supervisor of an attorney and program coordinator.