National Paralegal College

National Paralegal College

Type	Private for-profit online college
Established	2002
Accreditation	Distance Education Accrediting Commission
President	Avi Katz
Dean	Stephen Haas
Location	Phoenix , Arizona , United States
Campus	Distance education
Website	nationalparalegal.edu

National Paralegal College (NPC) is a private for-profit online college headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, focused on legal education. It is accredited by the Distance Education Accrediting Commission.

History

National Paralegal College was founded in 2002 by Director Mark Geller, Esq., founder of Legal Data Systems, Inc., and President Avi Katz. Its first class was delivered on June 2, 2003. The school introduced a synchronous learning format using a real-time audio/visual online platform. Initially employing only four staff and serving fewer than ten students in 2003, NPC served over 1,200 students as of 2020.

Academics

NPC offers a paralegal certificate, Associate degree in paralegal studies, and Bachelor's degree in legal studies or business administration. ^[1] All students complete four core courses: Torts & Personal Injury, Contracts, Professional Responsibility & Legal Ethics, and Legal Research, Writing & Civil Litigation.

A certificate requires 24 paralegal credits. An associate degree requires 60 credits (36 paralegal), and a bachelor’s requires 120 credits (45 paralegal). Both require at least 25% general education coursework. NPC offers general education courses in business, accounting, math, social sciences, and more. ^[2]

NPC’s graduate division, National Juris University, ^[3] offers master’s degrees in:

• Legal studies ^[4]
• Taxation ^[5]
• Compliance law ^[6]

Content delivery

NPC delivers courses through synchronous learning with live, twice-weekly audio-visual classes on Adobe Connect. ^[7]

NPC's 100-level courses use custom-written online textbooks on torts, contracts, criminal law, constitutional law, wills, estates, and family law. These texts are also publicly available and cited by:

• National Association of Catholic Chaplains ^[8]
• Religioustolerance.org on church/state issues ^[9]
• Massachusetts Law Library on Criminal Law ^[10]

NPC faculty also publish legal analysis on current news topics. ^[11]

Accreditation and agreements

Type	Organization
Institutional accreditation	Distance Education Accrediting Commission
License	Arizona State Board for Private Postsecondary Education
Programmatic accreditation for MS in Compliance Law	Compliance Certification Board (CCB)®
Member	National Association of Legal Assistants
Associate member	American Association for Paralegal Education
Transfer credit recommendation	National College Credit Recommendation Service
Articulation agreement	Agreement with Concord Law School
Member	CHEA Higher Education Transfer Alliance
NC-SARA Member	NC-SARA – Arizona

LawShelf Educational Media

In 2018, NPC launched LawShelf Educational Media, ^[12] a platform offering legal education to the public. LawShelf includes:

• “Foundations of Law”: hundreds of articles with examples and quizzes
• 5–10 minute short videos on legal topics
• 70+ video-courses that award digital badges upon completion and exam passage

References

1. "How To Become a Paralegal". How2BecomeAParalegal.com. Archived from the original on 2011-11-19. Retrieved 2025-07-13.
2. "NPC Bachelor's Degree courses page" . Retrieved 2025-07-13.
3. "National Juris University" . Retrieved 2025-07-13.
4. "MS in Legal Studies".
5. "MS in Taxation".
6. "MS in Compliance Law".
7. "Adobe Connect" . Retrieved 2025-07-13.
8. "Resources for Chaplains". Archived from the original on 2012-01-06.
9. "Separation of Church and State".
10. "Massachusetts Law About Criminal Law and Procedure". Archived from the original on 2011-12-22.
11. "NPC Legal Analysis of the News".
12. "LawShelf Educational Media".

External links

• nationalparalegal.edu

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