If you do well in this course, you will be able to:
- describe the basic principles of substantive real estate law.
- recognize, define and correctly use basic real estate terms.
- 3draft the basic instruments used in common residential real estate transactions.
- summarize the legal effects of the provisions contained in the instruments described in 3, above.
- conduct limited title examinations.
- identify and correctly resolve ethical issues posed in the context of hypothetical problems akin to those faced
by professionals working in the area of real estate law.
- differentiate between the roles of attorneys and paralegals in real estate transactions, and will identify
activities that, when performed by a paralegal, constitute unauthorized practice of law.
- integrate and to apply the knowledge gained in the course to solve hypothetical real estate related problems
that might be faced by a client.
- assist an attorney in each phased of a residential real estate closing.