MAJOR (ongoing) ASSIGNMENTS:
DAILY ASSIGNMENTS:
DUE TU NOV 18: NO MEETING! (Just us.) Complete quiz #3 on Brightspace (under “Assessments”) OR on paper, linked here or in my mailbox in the department office (N622). Submit by end of day!
DUE TH NOV 20: YES MEETING! Read textbook ch. 7, pp. 175-201 (legal research and analysis).
PAST ASSIGNMENTS from this semester (Fall 2025):
DUE TH AUG 28: (1) read the whole syllabus, bring questions to class; (2) confirm access to City Tech email and Brightspace; (3) please send me an email (kcoughlin@citytech.cuny.edu) providing your phone number and an email address you check frequently (gmail is fine, or City Tech, or whatever), ONLY for use in case of emergency, I promise! (3) Read textbook ch. 1, pp. 2-9 (“Today’s Professional Paralegal”).
DUE TH SEPT 4: (1) Read textbook ch. 1, pp. 10-17; (2) by end of day, send me an email (kcoughlin@citytech.cuny.edu) describing the source you selected for the Law in Culture Review assignment, including all info requested in the assignment; (3) please send me an email (kcoughlin@citytech.cuny.edu) with your phone number and an email address you check frequently (gmail is fine, or City Tech, or whatever), ONLY for use in case of emergency, I promise!
DUE TU SEPT 9: (1) Read textbook ch. 2, pp. 20-31 (career opportunities — book available on reserve in library!) (2) Register for OpenLab and our course site! (If you’re reading this, you’ve done that — great job!!) (3) Write a post here on OL, titled “Who I Am” (or another title) describing (a) why you are in the Law and Paralegal Studies program (such as goals, interests, plans, etc.), and (b) something(s) about you, as a person, that you want your classmates to know! Anything at all! Here are instructions on how to post. Choose “Who I Am” as the category! See my sample on the “home” page here. (4) If you didn’t yet, please send me an email (kcoughlin@citytech.cuny.edu) with your phone number and an email address you check frequently (gmail is fine, or City Tech, or whatever), ONLY for use in case of emergency, I promise!
DUE TH SEPT 11: (1) Study for QUIZ #1! All notes and materials from start of semester through end of Sept. 9 class. Arrive on time! We’ll take the quiz at the beginning of class.(If you miss it, you miss it. 🙁 ) (2) By 8am, post here on OL, “Where do you want to work?” Here is the assignment, please follow instructions!. (3) Read textbook ch. 2 pp. 38-52 (how to write resumes & cover letters) — available on reserve in college library. (4) Review these sample resumes, consider what you like about them and any ways they might be improved (which I’ll ask you to discuss in class!): Student One; Student X; Mickey Mouse; Y. Suarez; W. Wilson; C. Kent; S. Student; C. Starling (scroll to second page in this one).
DUE MON SEPT 15 at 12 noon!! (in prep for class 7 on Tu Sept 16): Email your draft resume to me (kcoughlin@citytech.cuny.edu) as an attached Word document! NOT a link or pdf! Review this excerpt from the textbook and the samples above for guidance.
DUE TH SEPT 18: Review textbook ch. 2 pp. 41-43 (on cover letters) and these sample cover letters by former students: and these sample cover letters from former students: A. Applicant; F. Unger, L. Ricardo, C. Starling, Y. Suarez; B. Wayne; D. Prince.
DUE TH SEPT 25: By end of the day, send me an email with (1) your revised resume AND draft cover letter, both as attached Word documents (NOT links or pdfs, and one Word document is fine, or two, either way!), AND (2) a few days and times, Mondays through Thursdays, when you are available to meet with me in N622 to discuss your resume and cover letter! Here is some additional guidance on how to draft resumes and cover letters that you may find helpful!
DUE TU SEPT 30: Read textbook ch. 3, pp. 55-59 & 65-75 (workings of a law office).
DUE TU OCT 7: By end of day, post Timekeeping assignment here on OL! (Attendance for Oct 7 class PLUS 10 points toward homework grade!)
DUE TH OCT 9: Read textbook ch. 4 pp. 85-104 (ethics).
DUE TH OCT 16: (1) Study for quiz #2! Everything since quiz #1: career opportunities (resumes & cover letters); workings of a law office; ethics and professional responsibility (chs. 2-4). (2) Review for MIDTERM EXAM! Everything so far! Here are some study suggestions! Bring questions to class. (3) Read textbook ch. 4 pp. 104-112 (ethics & professional responsibility cont’d).
DUE TU OCT 21: Study for the MIDTERM EXAM! Bring something to write with, and your big, smart BRAIN! Here are some study suggestions!
DUE TH OCT 23: Review “Advisement & Registration Resources” on the “Class notes & materials” page here!
DUE TU OCT 28: (1) Read ch. 6 pp. 145-158 (court system). (2) Review court charts & maps on “Class notes & materials” page.
TU NOV 4: Walking tour of local courts!!
DUE TH NOV 6: Post a question for our guest speaker, as a reply to my post on the home page!
DUE TU NOV 11: Read textbook ch. 5 pp. 119-122 to “Remedies at Law…” and 126-end, starting with “The Common Law Today” (on sources of law).
DUE TH NOV 13: Come to class to get a prize! 🙂
