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College Launches New Nurse Paralegal Certificate
Registration Now Open For Nurse Paralegal Certificate TRENTON, N.J. (February 28, 2008) —To help meet the growing demand for experienced nurses who understand the law, the School of Professional and Continuing Studies at Thomas Edison State College has created a new professional certificate in Nurse Paralegal Studies.The 45-week online program is modeled after the college’s general Paralegal Studies certificate, launched in 2007, which focuses on the use of technology in the legal profession and features instructors who are nationally renowned leaders in legal and paralegal education. The Nurse Paralegal certificate is a noncredit program designed for nurses interested in entering the legal field as a nurse paralegal or becoming a legal nurse consultant. Registration for the Nurse Paralegal and general Paralegal Studies programs are open now and begin on April 6.
“Throughout the country, law firms, corporate legal departments, insurance companies and other agencies are looking for experienced nurses,” said William J. Mulkeen, director of the paralegal studies program at Thomas Edison State College. “We developed our new nurse paralegal program using the expertise of a stellar advisory board, each of whom is recognized nationally for their expertise in specific course content areas. We believe this program will meet the growing demand that currently exists in the marketplace.”
The certificate includes six online courses led by nationally renowned leaders in legal, paralegal and nurse paralegal education:
• Introduction to Nurse Paralegalism: Nancy Wilson Soga, RN, is mentoring this course. She is a graduate of Cameron University and Long Island University and is currently completing her doctoral studies. Wilson Soga has practiced nursing for more than 16 years and has maintained an independent legal nurse consulting practice since 1990. She is a charter member of the Morristown, N.J., chapter of the American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants, holding executive board positions including serving as president in 2002, and is an associate editor of Legal Nurse Consulting, Principles and Practice, 2nd edition (2002).
• Torts: Michael C. King is mentoring this course. He is a graduate of George Mason School of Law and is currently chair of the Business Division at Essex County College. He has been involved in legal education for more than 20 years.
• Legal Research and Writing: Raquel Y. Bristol is mentoring this course. She is a graduate of Rutgers Law School and is currently an appellate attorney practicing in New Jersey. She has significant experience teaching English Composition and Legal Research and Writing and has served as an editor at a national legal publishing company.
• Litigation: Charlotte Riser Harris is mentoring this course. She is a graduate of Virginia Tech and the Southwestern Paralegal Institute. She has been a paralegal for more than 10 years and is currently a partner with Five Star Legal Compliance, Inc. in Los Angeles.
• Administrative Law: William Jenson is mentoring this course. He is a graduate of the Suffolk University Law School and is the judicial officer of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). He is also vice chair of the American Bar Association’s section on Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice in Agriculture and has taught administrative law at the USDA Graduate School.
• Introduction to Technology in the Law: Thomas Goldman is mentoring this course. He is a graduate of Temple Law School and is the author of the textbook for the course, Introduction to Technology in the Law as well as the leading paralegal textbook, Paralegal Profession. He has served as a member of the Board of Directors of the American Association for Paralegal Education (AAfPE) and is currently chair of the AAfPE Technology Task Force.
Registration for both the Nurse Paralegal and general Paralegal Studies certificate programs are open now for the April 6 start date. For additional information on the program or to register, visit www.tesc.edu/spcs or call (609) 777-5642, ext 2217, 2211 or 2212.
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Thomas Edison State College provides flexible, high-quality, collegiate learning opportunities for self-directed adults. One of New Jersey’s 12 senior public institutions of higher education, the College offers associate, baccalaureate and master’s degrees in more than 100 areas of study. Students earn degrees through a wide variety of rigorous and high-quality academic methods that can be customized to meet their individual needs. Identified by Forbes magazine as one of the top 20 colleges and universities in the nation in the use of technology to create learning opportunities for adults, Thomas Edison State College is a national leader in the assessment of adult learning and a pioneer in the use of educational technologies. The College is home to The John S. Watson Institute for Public Policy. The New Jersey State Library is an affiliate of Thomas Edison State College. Further information about admission to the College may be obtained by calling (888) 442-8372, via e-mail at info@tesc.edu or by visiting the College Web site at www.tesc.edu.
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