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Undergraduate Admission Process

Combined Bachelor's Degree and Certificate Program Options

The Paralegal Studies Program offers two program options for individuals looking to earn our complete their bachelor’s degree. In both options, students take the eight classes in the paralegal program as part of the degree program and graduate with both their bachelor’s degree and their ABA-approved paralegal certificate. Both program options are described below.

1. Bachelor of Professional Studies/Major in Paralegal Studies Program Option

The Bachelor of Professional Studies degree with a major in Paralegal Studies is offered by Roosevelt University’s Evelyn T. Stone College of Professional Studies and is ideal for adults interested in a career in the legal profession. In this accelerated bachelor degree program, students complete all non-paralegal undergraduate course requirements prior to enrolling in the Paralegal Studies program.

The BPS/Major in Paralegal Studies program option is a Fast-Track degree program that:

is a fully-accredited undergraduate degree designed for adults 24 years of age or older

enables students to complete a bachelor's degree in significantly less time (and cost) than a more traditional undergraduate degree

prepares students for graduate and professional study and for professional paralegal positions

For more information on Roosevelt University’s Fast-Track degree programs, please visit the website of the College of Professional Studies http://www.roosevelt.edu/etsuc/default.htm

2. Bachelor of Arts/Paralegal Certificate Option

Students choosing a social science major in Roosevelt University’s College of Arts and Sciences can pursue a Bachelor of Arts degree combined with their paralegal certificate.

The BA/Paralegal Certificate program option is ideal for students interested in pursuing a career in the legal profession – either as a paralegal or, after attending law school, as a lawyer. The paralegal courses provide an excellent background in legal terminology, procedures, concepts and a variety of legal practice areas giving future law school students an advantage over their classmates who have not had prior legal training.

Students start work on their paralegal certificate in the last year of their undergraduate studies, after they have completed 96 credit hours, including all general education requirements for the College of Arts and Sciences and all of the requirements for both their major and the Legal Studies minor.

For more information on this degree program option, please click here

How to Apply for a Bachelor Degree Program Option

Students interested in pursuing one of the bachelor degree program options should apply to Roosevelt University for undergraduate admission. If accepted, once all non-paralegal courses have been completed, students then submit an application to the Paralegal Studies Program. It is suggested that these students apply to the Paralegal Studies Program within one semester of the intended start date for the paralegal courses. These applicants should maintain an undergraduate GPA of at least 2.5 on a scale of 4.0 for eligibility to the program.

To apply to Roosevelt University, download and submit the Application for Undergraduate Admission (PDF, 26K).

Transfer Credit

If you have taken paralegal courses at another ABA-approved paralegal program, you may be able to transfer up to 12 semester hours of paralegal courses toward the requirements in our paralegal program. The courses need to have been taken no longer than six years prior to the date on which you enroll in our program. If you have taken other college courses, many of these may also transfer toward your degree requirements. For more information on transfer credit for non-paralegal courses, please feel free to contact our admission office at Phone: 1-877-277-5978 or Email: Applyru@roosevelt.edu. If you would like to find out if paralegal courses you have taken at other programs will transfer, please contact the Paralegal Studies Program.

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