National Paralegal College

I attended NPC in 2014 - **** for an Associate degree. The instructors are phenomenal, however, this school is more like a baby law school rather than a paralegal program.

When compared to programs my peers attended which gave them practical courses like accounting, law office management, small business management, and report writing which are all critical when learning basic ins and outs of the law firm or corporate world. It was a struggle to find a firm that was willing to train a paralegal with a certification who didn't know basic procedures.

My advice to this school would be to focus on paralegal skills and not lawyer skills. Mix up the instructors, have Senior paralegals teach some courses.

I am a student @ National Paralegal & I'm debating on whether to stay Or not because of everything, I put in to leave a couple of months ago, Because of one of the professors Dede Sandler, they discriminated Against my blind husband with Kidney Failure, then told me on several occasions that if I didn't like there policy I can leave I was nice I overlooked it, They've tried to drop me several times saying I didn't do My assignments before 2 weeks, I couldn't because my husband was In the hospital when I was in Dede Sandler's class & in all the Assignments even those that are not supposed to require you to do an IRAC Essay for your classes require them, & I researched how to do Them in Jeremy's class I did OK I asked her Dede Sandler to make Sure I was doing them right & Dede said yes that's how you do them then She did not have a grader & still failed the class after she said I did it Right, Then I reached out several times to my mentor & several times no Response & when she did respond it was about 6 weeks later how Can she help me when she's not available by email to take that back a Couple times I emailed her & she wrote back a couple of minutes later Saying she was unavailable & would contact me later as of today she Still has not, My husband was my tutor & my husband's a very good Paralegal/Lawyer got a standing recommendation to Law school By Judge Magistrate Sue Myerscoff, & he helped me & Dede still failed Me. Then any other school they have books & FAFSA Covers them here you don't have books you pay out of pocket if you Need a book this is the only college that does this, Heck even closed Down ITT TECH had books & they were stealing money & shut down By the Federal Government for it.

I would know unfortunately, I was one of them scammed by them. You are not allowed to be a notetaker From Study Soup or course hero using your own work, not anyone else's your own work. They claim this to be Plagiarism But how is it Plagiarism if you're not using anyone else's work your Using your own & giving student's permission to use your work. Then Dede even told me that she was intimidated of how smart my Husband is & that's why she failed me when she failed me immediately before dropping out I wrote Jeremy Rovinski & told him What was going on with Dede Sandler & even told in class & so did Others tell what Dede was doing to us & he said he'd talk to her & I told him I wanted to appeal the decision to fail me as it was extremely biased & as of today they have not appealed this yet.

If Dede Sandler cannot teach a class then why is she still working for National Paralegal & I'm not the only one that Dede did this to I heard several people complain about Dede's unfair practices this at Least is extremely unprofessional, This school is the only school I Know that starts you doing IRAC Essays without no type of English Class you take the law classes 1st & then English how do they think With no English Composition class until at the end your going to Even remotely know anything about an IRAC Essay. I had to ask my Husband as I didn't even know they had an IRAC Essay or what it Was?

Then when I complained about Dede to Admissions & Financial Aid on the phone was told if I didn't like the way National Paralegal Did stuff to leave so I got tired of it & put in to FAFSA to quit the School at the end of Legal Ethics & Professional Responsibility then I tried to work it out & stay @ National Paralegal & again spoke to Admissions & was told I had to pay out of pocket, when I had Financial Aid & National Paralegal failed me on purpose, I was told They didn't send the money back to Financial Aid that they kept it, Then dropped me, If Dede wouldn't have failed me on Purpose I'd still be getting Financial Aid but I got a job @ McDonald's And I was willing to give them one more chance even though I got To pay because of there false negative unethical actions I'm Receiving a grant from my work from McDonald's/Archways & they'd Pay 3400 a year, & now that I'm working I can afford to pay Up to 200 a month I sent Jeremy Rovinski an email last night Explaining this then I got an email from Financial Aid threatening to Drop me & I wrote her back & said I took a test & the same information, then I got an email from the dean reminding me that My class is over in 3 days & I told him the same thing & still have yet To hear anything from any of those 3, If they spend less time Failing Me on purpose & teaching me more than just the fundamentals I'd Do ten times better, I've tried to work with National Paralegal Several times, I had to wait 6 weeks to get my 1st loan disbursement That's unethical even right there. I have proof of everything I'm Saying.

A month prior to upcoming classes, I was signed up for classes and my fasfa was completed. I was told that I needed to make an unnecessary change to my fasfa.

On the day that classes were starting, I was told my that my aid award would not be ready on time, although it was already submitted. After making SEVERAL attempts to still start classes, even offering to pay for the classes needed until my aid was awarded, I was told I still would not be able to start. A baby sitter was also hired for my daughter so I could focus on live lecture dates. Laura Levin (the admissions associate) should be put in training so she can learn how to properly communicate with students.

After telling me I would be unable to attend course THE DAY OF THE START DATE, she then gave me the option of either attending courses a month from now, or to get my deactivated.

But after researching the school, they aren't ABA approved. Luckily, I was given the run around prior to starting to work on the degree.

I attended NPC for a year, had none of the issues people are complaining about, and graduated on my own schedule. Everything about this school is prompt and attentive, every email or phone call was answered faster than I expected and the Dean even emailed me on a Sunday morning when I had a very frustrating technical experience with the testing system late on a Saturday night, if thats not prompt attention, Im not sure what is!

I see a lot of frustration over financial aid but Id imagine anyone trying to 'live' off of student loans would be in a frustrating position anyway and comparing NPC to other schools and how fast 'you get your checks' may have more to do with the schools course schedule then them trying to be lazy or rip anyone off. Most universities hold semesters, at NPC a new class can start every 4 weeks and classes only last 8 weeks, point is the school is on a different schedule than most others and quite frankly thats part of what I preferred about it, it helped keep my attention by giving you all the material in 8 weeks rather than drag it out for 5 months! I also read a comment about the school not teaching you anything youd need to work in the legal profession and laughed! Because its a national school, they do not focus on state laws, etc.

But they intend, and are very successful at, teaching students the basic skills youll need going into the legal profession while also providing the skills and resources to find out what you dont know on your own. Because of NPC I was recently hired at a law firm with no previous legal experience and the entire office is impressed by how much I do know, or can figure out, just from my education, quite frankly they find it hard to believe this is my first job in the legal field.

If you want to be a paralegal or attend NPC, do it. Dont listen to the people who write bad things because theyre butthurt that their rent was late over student loans, the education and experience far exceeds any bad reviews Ive read here!