Program Overview

Legal Studies: Language Integration

Overview

This major teaches students skills that paralegals use in a law office setting while developing intermediate Spanish language skills to communicate sufficiently with Spanish-speaking clients to facilitate attorney representation of these clients.

Point of Pride

Illinois State University is the only paralegal program in the state that offers a language integrated program option.

Why study Legal Studies: Language Integration?

Law firms located in areas with large Spanish-speaking populations are seeking bilingual staff with experience in family-based and employment-based immigration law. These states and other regions with large Hispanic constituencies are also seeing an increase in bilingual legal jobs in the public sector. More and more local government entities are seeking to fill full-time law jobs with bilingual legal professionals.

This is the only paralegal program in the Midwest offering a blend of practical law office skills with language training.