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Legal Secretary Certificate Course
with Center for Legal Studies, Noble Adult & Community Education
Our intensive Legal Secretary Certificate Course is designed for both beginning and experienced legal assistants who are interested in improving their skills and working more efficiently within the law office. Learn how to make informed business decisions based on your knowledge of legal language and concepts. Explore topics such as legal terminology; legal process; jurisdiction and venue; ethics; written communications, including letters, pleadings, discovery, notices, and motions; filing procedures, billing and accounting; time management; records management; an overview of commonly used word and data processing programs; legal research; memoranda preparation; and citation format.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, paralegal and legal assistant careers are expected to grow much faster than the average — at a rate of 12% through 2030.
Interested in taking this certificate course? Visit https://www.legalstudies.com/product/noble-adult-and-community-education-paralegal-certificate-course/ to register!
Paralegal Certificate Course
with Center for Legal Studies, Noble Adult & Community Education
Our Paralegal Certificate Course © teaches students the in-demand skills necessary to perform a variety of paralegal tasks. This continuing legal education course is a valuable asset for paralegal professionals looking to advance their career, grow professionally, increase their earning potential and gain job-ready skills.
This certificate program is offered as an online or self-paced class.
Interested in taking this certificate course? Visit https://www.legalstudies.com/product/noble-adult-and-community-education-legal-secretary-certificate-course/ to register!
Victim Advocacy Certificate Course
with Center for Legal Studies, Noble Adult & Community Education
Whether you are just starting out on your career path or looking to build on your job skills, opportunities for trained victim advocates are on the rise. Our nation’s state courts see more than 100 million cases of victimization each year, and crime can have a devastating impact on those involved. Our intensive Victim Advocacy Certificate Course is designed to train and qualify you to provide assistance to crime victims. Course topics include legal terminology, legal process, legislation regarding victims rights, jurisdiction and venue, ethics, effects of victimization on the victim, victim advocate skills, guardianships, and crisis intervention. Also covered are counseling skills for victims of assault, battery, robbery, domestic violence, sexual assault, child abuse, murder, and homicide.
The Victim Advocacy Certificate Course meets the training needs of busy professionals who are interested in assisting crime victims in progressing through the criminal justice system and toward successful recovery.
Interested in taking this certificate course? Visit https://www.legalstudies.com/product/noble-adult-and-community-education-victim-advocacy-certificate-course/ to register!
Gel Plate Printmaking For Beginners
with Pam Clark, Noble Adult & Community Education
Gel Plate Printing is a dynamic and fun way to express yourself through creating monoprints on a soft, pliable gel plate. Each one-of-a-kind print is as individual as the person creating it and requires no prior art skills to do. In class you will learn what gel plate printing is, how to do it using several different techniques, and be provided with the materials needed to create a variety of prints.
This class is so much fun & expected to fill up fast so sign up early!
Minimum: 4 | Maximum: 8
Children’s Book Publishing
with Preethi Fernando, Merrymeeting Community & Adult Education
Achieve your dream of getting your children’s book published. You will learn the traditional book publishing and self book publishing routes, getting your book published on Amazon, how to get your book formatted, design your cover, upload your book to Amazon, get printed copies, and more. This class does not teach you how to write your children’s book. It teaches you how to get it published- online or in printed format, and how to get your book into the market for others to access your book. Preethi Fernando is the author of fifteen books. She is the winner of Stephen King’s Haven Foundation Award. Visit preethifernando.com. Objectives: How to design your book cover and format your book; How to find a publisher for your children’s book; How to publish your children’s book on your own; How to upload your children’s book to Amazon.
Finding Money for College Financial Aid, Scholarships, and Grants Using Chat GPT + AI
with Preethi Fernando, Merrymeeting Community & Adult Education
Families face many hurdles during the college admissions process. Many of those hurdles are related to money and the question “can I afford it?” Don’t let money block your son or your daughter from attending their dream school. Allow AI to lift the strain of finances during the college admission process. AI such as Chat GPT and Google Gemini can burst open doors for parents, students, high school college admission counselors, during this process. Learn how to find scholarships, grants, community awards, at a fraction of the time. Learn 24+ killer prompts to give AI to get the best results. Get specific financial aid info from the university of your choice. Preethi Fernando is the author of “Free Money: A Guide to Financial Aid, Scholarships, and Grants.” Objectives include: 1. How to give great prompts to AI to get focused answers related to college financial aid; 2. How to write persuasive grant proposals for college using AI; 3. How to search for colleges that you have never heard of, that give awards and grants.
Knitting - 6 Weeks
with Vicky Vaughn, Noble Adult & Community Education
Join us for a fun, no pressure knitting experience! This 6-week knitting class is great for not only beginners, but for anyone who may be a little rusty. You'll learn how to cast on, master the basic and purl stitches, learn some tips and tricks on repairing mistakes, and learn how to read a pattern! Vicky is a passionate knitter and always makes classes fun for her students.
Materials to bring to class:
• Size 7 Knitting Needles
• 1 pair of small scissors
• Tape measure
• 1 light color Supersaver Red Heart Yarn (7 Ounces)
Cant make a full session? Student drop-ins are welcome! Drop-In fee is $13 per class.
14 A.I. Tools for the Small Business Owner
with Preethi Fernando, Merrymeeting Community & Adult Education
Artificial intelligence business tools help small businesses work smarter, not harder. Learn to automate e-mails, create pie charts for your reports with chat GPT, screen resumes, creating social media posts, AI videos, website content creation, sales forecasting, and more. Cut back costs on hiring staff, by knowing how to use AI to boost your small business. Get your health back and save yourself the unnecessary stress and headaches of office drama by replacing your toxic employee with Chat GPT (and not have to worry about a lawsuit or them talking bad behind your back). This class shows you how to replace a toxic employee with neutral AI, improving productivity at your workplace plus cut back costs in having under performing employees.