I went back to the University of West Florida to earn a BA in law in 1986-1987, qualified for the Certified Legal Assistant exam. I already had my Environmental Engineering degree and had worked as a Well Drilling engineer off shore and taught physics, chemistry and biology at an honors school.

Due to our son being born 10 weeks premature 4 days after I graduated I didn't start a job search soon. I was working as a site administrator in construction to make ends meet. The Navy Facilities Engineering Command notified my F-I-L that I was qualified to be a Quality Control Engineer that May and certified me the same day. I never got to work as a paralegal and have been back in engineering as a civil engineer since 1988 and got my NAVFAC and USACE QE qualifications, passing their exam and course work.

The course of study was much like the first 2 years of law school, as far as course work, legal research and moot courts. I have constantly used my research skills as an engineer and find I can hold my own in contract negotiations and disputes. To be honest my court room observations and dealings with lawyers in the real world made me not want to work in the legal field. I just don't believe in "sue the bastards" on my personal principals. If I had gotten in with a state Attorney's office or a federal prosecutor I would have been satisfied. I'll never actually know.

P.M. me if you want to talk about what the course of study was and pretty much still is. The computer has really changed the way things are done in research and legal documents as well as general office procedures. I imagine Miss 'K can help you a great deal.