NCCC 021 - Legal Terminology

    Recent Professors
    Christine Leung, Cindy Grafton
    Recent Semesters
    Fall 2026, Fall 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2023
    Class Size
    60 students
    Credits
    0
    Prerequisite
    None
    Fall 2026 Sections
    View Fall 2026 sections of NCCC 021
    Transfers To
    Not transferable
    Description
    Students have the opportunity to gain the skills to correctly define, spell, and pronounce a broad range of legal terms used in courtroom and deposition proceedings and in legal documents. Nineteen basic areas of law, along with examples from real cases, are explained to facilitate a better understanding of the terminology. Commonly-used and new legal terms and phrases are also presented and defined. Vocabulary building, pronunciation, and spelling are emphasized along with stenographic machine writing and voice writing outlines. Satisfactory Progress
    Usually Held
    Fri 8:30am–11:50am