UCLA Extension Paralegal Program: Orientation and Expectations

Program Introduction and Staff Roles

• Initial session structure: Michael to cover academics, Academic Director (Imara Zelina) to cover career services later.

• Program History and American Bar Association (ABA) Approval

• The program is over $50$ years old, established in $1972$.

• Approved by the ABA in $1975$, which was the first year of ABA approval for paralegal programs in California.

• The program was among the first group approved in California.

• ABA approval has been