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Paralegal Programs
ABA-Certified Programs
Loyola offers customized paralegal certificates and a bachelor's degree, providing students with the high-level skills in demand in 21st century sophisticated legal practices.
Embrace Your Own Journey
Why Loyola?
Employers in the Chicago area prefer paralegals with a bachelor’s degree and a paralegal certificate from an ABA-approved paralegal program.
Quality
- American Bar Association approved, Loyola's paralegal program provides the best preparation for your paralegal career.
- Loyola paralegal graduates are sought out by legal employers.
- Excellent faculty that balance legal theory with practical paralegal skills.
Flexibility
- You may earn a certificate in less than a year entirely through evening classes (full time or part time).
- You can start Loyola’s program with any of the five sessions offered each year.
- Classes meet for three hours once each week (mornings, evenings, or Saturdays).
Support
- Loyola paralegal classes carry academic credit, qualifying students for federally sponsored financial aid.
- Loyola paralegal students receive personalized career assistance from Institute Director.
- You have access to the Institute's online job board, available only to students working on a Loyola paralegal certificate.
- We help you prepare a job search plan and offer opportunities for networking.
$64,820
Annual average wage for paralegal in the Chicago area
13K
number of paralegal jobs in the Chicago area
1 Year
Amount of time to complete a Paralegal certificate
Balancing Work and School
Tara Krkljes (Certificate in Litigation & Corporate Practice '22) discusses balancing a full-time professional career with academics.
ABA Approved
The American Bar Association considers well-educated paralegals to be essential to the practice of law.
Only 200 programs in the entire country have satisfied the ABA’s rigorous guidelines to earn approval. ABA approval indicates the program’s curriculum, faculty, resources, and student services have met high standards of quality.
Legal employers look for graduates of ABA-approved paralegal programs to ensure that their education has prepared them properly.
Loyola’s Institute for Paralegal Studies has been approved for over two decades.
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Flexibility to Succeed
Tess is a 2024 graduate of the Certificate in Litigation & Corporate Practice program.
Learn MoreLoyola offers customized paralegal certificates and a bachelor's degree, providing students with the high-level skills in demand in 21st century sophisticated legal practices.
Embrace Your Own Journey
Why Loyola?
Employers in the Chicago area prefer paralegals with a bachelor’s degree and a paralegal certificate from an ABA-approved paralegal program.
ABA Approved
The American Bar Association considers well-educated paralegals to be essential to the practice of law.
Only 200 programs in the entire country have satisfied the ABA’s rigorous guidelines to earn approval. ABA approval indicates the program’s curriculum, faculty, resources, and student services have met high standards of quality.
Legal employers look for graduates of ABA-approved paralegal programs to ensure that their education has prepared them properly.
Loyola’s Institute for Paralegal Studies has been approved for over two decades.