Guide to the Paralegal Program records
Finding aid prepared by Ashley Toutain
University of San Diego, Archives and Special Collections
Copley Library
5998 Alcalá Park
San Diego, CA 92110
Telephone: 619-260-2730
Email: spcoll@sandiego.edu
© 2017
Overview of the Collection
Title:
Paralegal Program records
Date (inclusive): 1975-1984, 1996
Collection number: USDA_2008_015
Creator: University of San Diego School of Graduate and Continuing Education
Extent:
1 box (1 linear foot)
Repository:
University of San Diego, Archives and Special Collections
Copley Library
5998 Alcalá Park
San Diego, CA 92110
Abstract:
These records include course materials, reports, and goals for the certificate Paralegal Program with the University of
San Diego School of Law. These records document planning that occurred for the program as well as perceptions for how the
program was faring in its early years.
Languages:
English
Historical Note
The Paralegal Program, formerly known as the Lawyer's Assistant Program, was added as a University of San Diego School of
Law certificate program in 1975. It was a twelve week course in which students studied introductory law and selected an area
of emphasis: litigation, real estate and mortgages, corporations and estates, or trusts and wills. The National Center for
Legal Training worked with the USD School of Law and Dean of Graduate and Continuing Education, Raymond Brandes, to offer
this type of Lawyer's Assistant training program. The program was thought to bring legal costs down by providing trained assistants
to help lawyers with their work. In 1975 only six other universities offered this kind of program. Classes in the Lawyer's
Assistant Program were also endorsed by the American Bar Association.
The Paralegal Program continues to be a certificate program in the USD School of Law, offering day and night courses with
a range of emphasis areas.
Scope and Content Note
These records document the functions of the Paralegal Program, formerly known as the Lawyer's Assistant Program, through its
first decade. Records include statistics on program applicants, meeting materials of the Advisory Committee that organized
the program's functions, reports from the American Bar Association, program descriptions, and plans for the future of the
program. News, clippings, news releases, pamphlets, and brochures featuring in the program are also included.
Arrangement
These records are arranged in alphabetical order.
Access Information
This collection is open for research.
Preferred citation
[Folder Title], Box # Folder #, Paralegal Program records, Copley Library, University of San Diego, Archives and Special Collections.
Custodial History
These are primarily records collected by Raymond Brandes who served as the Dean of the Graduate School of Continuing Education.
As the Dean, Brandes oversaw many of the operations of the Paralegal Program.
Processing Information
Initial processing of these records was conducted by Tessie Camina in 2008. Further processing was conducted by Ashley Toutain
in 2017.
Removed or Separated Material
Paralegal Program catalogs and the Spring 1985
California Regulatory Reporter
, published by the University of San Diego School of Law, Center for Public Interest Law, have been added to Archives Publications.
Index Terms
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Brandes, Ray, 1924-2014
Subjects and Indexing Terms
University of San Diego. School of Law
American Bar Association
National Center for Legal Training
Subjects and Indexing Terms
San Diego (Calif.)
Subjects and Indexing Terms
law
continuing education
Box/Folder: 1 / 1
ABA [American Bar Association] Standing Committee on Legal Assistants - Report of Approved Legal Assistant Education Programs,
1980-1982
Box/Folder: 1 / 2
ABA [American Bar Association] Standing Committee on Legal Assistants - Report of Approved Legal Assistant Education Programs,
1984
Box/Folder: 1 / 4
Administrative Appointments,
1975-1977
Box/Folder: 1 / 5
The Adult Program: A Proposed General Description,
1982
Box/Folder: 1 / 6
Advisory Committee - Meetings,
1976-1984,
1996
Box/Folder: 1 / 7
Amended Test Preparation Course Budgets and Income,
1983-1984
Box/Folder: 1 / 8
Applicants to Program - Statistics,
1980,
1983
Box/Folder: 1 / 9
Brochures,
circa 1976-1991
Box/Folder: 1 / 13
Continuing Legal Education Program,
1978
Box/Folder: 1 / 14
Contract - Agreement Between University of San Diego and National Center Group,
1978-1980
Box/Folder: 1 / 15
Correspondence,
1975-1979
Scope and Content Note
[Regarding accreditation and Advisory Board discussions of program courses.]
Box/Folder: 1 / 16
Correspondence and Memoranda,
1980-1984
Scope and Content Note
[Includes a ten year plan for the Lawyer's Assistant Program.]
Box/Folder: 1 / 18
Day/Evening Programs - Payment Plan,
1982
Box/Folder: 1 / 19
Day Program - Grading Policy,
1980
Box/Folder: 1 / 20
Employment Statistics,
1975-1980
Box/Folder: 1 / 21
Enrollment Figures,
1975-1978
Box/Folder: 1 / 22
Evening College Proposal,
1975,
1982
Box/Folder: 1 / 25
Faculty Contracts,
1977-1980
Box/Folder: 1 / 26
Faculty Salaries - Law Office Administration,
1979
Box/Folder: 1 / 27
Finance - Tuition Revenue/Expenditures,
1976
Box/Folder: 1 / 28
Fund Raising Management,
1976-1977
Box/Folder: 1 / 29
Graduate Survey,
1980-1981
Box/Folder: 1 / 30
Guaranteed Student Loan Program Eligibility,
1982
Box/Folder: 1 / 31
Proposal for Indian Paralegal Training Program,
1977
Box/Folder: 1 / 32
Instructors - List,
1978-1980
Box/Folder: 1 / 33
Institute for Law Office Administration - Program Information,
1980
Box/Folder: 1 / 34
Job Descriptions,
undated
Box/Folder: 1 / 35
LSAT and LAP - Applications,
1982
Box/Folder: 1 / 36
LSAT Review Program - Requests For Refund,
1982
Box/Folder: 1 / 37
Letter of Grievance - Faculty,
1984
Box/Folder: 1 / 38
Letter of Grievance - Student,
1976
Box/Folder: 1 / 39
Managing the Legal Office - New Program,
undated
Box/Folder: 1 / 40
News Releases and Advertisements,
1975-1978
Box/Folder: 1 / 41
Newspaper Clippings,
1975,
1978
Box/Folder: 1 / 42
Paralegal Conference,
1978
Box/Folder: 1 / 43
Pre-Employment Workshop Materials,
1975-1977
Box/Folder: 1 / 44
Lawyers Assistant Program Positions,
1982
Box/Folder: 1 / 45
Publication - California Regulatory Reporter,
1985 Spring
Box/Folder: 1 / 46
Publication - Lawyer's Assistant Program,
1981-1983
Box/Folder: 1 / 47
Publication - Paralegal Program,
1996-1997
Box/Folder: 1 / 48
Self-Evaluation Report,
1977
Box/Folder: 1 / 49
Specific Requests From Attorneys,
1975
Box/Folder: 1 / 51
Test Preparation Course - GMAT,
1983-1984
Box/Folder: 1 / 52
Test Preparation Course - LSAT,
1981
Box/Folder: 1 / 54
Undergraduate Minor in Paralegal Studies - Proposal,
undated
Box/Folder: 1 / 55
University of San Diego and The National Center for Paralegal Training,
1976
