LNC-101: Legal
Nurse Consulting Foundation
(16 weeks)
This curriculum
is designed for nurses who
are engaged in, or who are
considering the challenging
new career of Legal Nurse Consulting.
This first course in the series
prepares the student to make
the transition from a purely
medical career to a new career
as part of a legal team resolving
medical-legal claims. Some
of the subjects covered in
this comprehensive course include:
The American Legal System,
Crossing the Bridge to Employment,
Legal Reasoning, and Legal
Writing, Sources of Law, and
practice tips with special
emphases on Personal Injury
Law, Medical-Legal Writing,
and Ethics. This course is
designed to equip the aspiring
medical-legal professional
with the necessary tools to
succeed in the challenging
and contemporary field of Legal
Nurse Consulting.
LNC-201: Legal
Research for Legal Nurse Consultants
(4 weeks)
One of the most
exclusive paralegal skills,
highly valued by law firms,
is the ability to conduct legal
research. Legal Nurse Consultants
should therefore have a background
in this legal skill. Legal
Nurse Consultants also should
possess an understanding of
the formal structure of the
law and legal authorities.
This course provides a solid
foundation in these areas,
while focusing on cases involving
personal injury and medical
malpractice.
The Legal Nurse Consultant
who finishes this course will
understand the role of statutes,
regulations, case law, primary
authority and secondary authority.
She will also possess fundamental
skills in legal research which
will come in very handy throughout
her career. A Legal Nurse Consultant
who can conduct basic legal
research is a prized asset
in any personal injury or medical
malpractice law firm.
This
course is a comprehensive
hands-on module in which you
will receive personal step-by-step
instruction on how to conduct
legal research in a traditional
law library and on Westlaw©,
the premier online legal research
database, used by the majority
of law firms. Every WOLI Legal
Nurse Consultant student receives
a personal password and unlimited
usage of Westlaw©.
You
will learn where to find
law libraries, and how to
utilize
legal authority in support
of your client's case. You
will have extensive experience
researching primary authority,
such as statutes and cases,
and secondary authority, such
as legal periodicals and encyclopedias.
You will learn the difference
between mandatory authority,
which a court must accept,
and persuasive authority, for
which a court has discretion
to accept or not. Other topics
include how to cite cases,
cite-checking, Shepard's© and
Key-citing©
You will have writing assignments,
in which you will organize
the results of your research
and give your opinion about
the case.
During this course, you will
develop a basic legal vocabulary
and knowledge of the major
principles of the law of the
cases studied. Other topics
covered include: statutes,
legislative histories, constitutions,
administrative law, local law,
rules of court, international
law, card and computer catalogs,
case digests, annotations,
loose-leaf services, legal
periodical literature, legal
encyclopedias, legal treatises
and phone and mail research.
Legal writing is an extremely
valued skill, and critical
in many law department applications.
Legal Nurse Consultants should
be prepared to draft basic
documents involving both legal
and medical information. At
a minimum, the Legal Nurse
Consultant should be familiar
with basic legal research and
writing theory and skills.
Therefore, a major part of
this course is devoted to developing
knowledge and skills about
drafting the basic forms of
legal writing: Demand Letters,
Status Letters, and Opinion
letters, and Memoranda of Law.
You will learn about drafting
trial and appellate briefs.
Your professor will critique
your legal writing and offer
valuable pointers as needed.
LNC-701: Civil
Litigation for Legal Nurse
Consultants
(4 weeks)
Legal Nurse Consultants work primarily in the area of personal injury law and
medical malpractice law. These two fields comprise 25% of all the civil court
cases filed in the United States. It is essential that the professional Legal
Nurse Consultant understand the major processes of civil litigation. This course
provides the Legal Nurse Consultant student with a thorough understanding of
the major aspects of civil litigation, managing a case from beginning to end,
from client interview, through the drafting of a summons and complaint, motions,
briefs, and trial preparation. Actual personal injury and medical malpractice
cases are reviewed in the context of the litigation process. Students also
learn about the history and structure of the major court systems.
LNC-801: Personal
Injury and Medical Malpractice
(4 weeks)
Legal Nurse
Consultants work primarily
in the areas of personal injury
and medical malpractice law.
These two fields of legal practice
comprise no less than 25% of
all the legal work being performed
in the United States, and is
easily the single largest area
of practice. This course is
designed to educate the Legal
Nurse Consultant in the general
laws of torts, and specifically
the areas of personal injury
and medical malpractice. The
LNC student is educated to
understand the basic theory
of tort law, and the process
by which negligence cases are
developed in preparation for
settlement or trial. Subjects
covered include evaluating
liability, injuries and damages.
This is an essential course
for the Legal Nurse Practitioner.
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