The National Federation of Paralegal Associations (NFPA®) and the Advanced Paralegal Institute (API, a.k.a. Advanced Institute for Paralegal Studies or AIPS) are pleased to offer an online review course for the Paralegal CORE Competency Exam® (PCCE®).

The online review course runs for seven weeks, plus a brief pre-course orientation to familiarize students with the API website and utilizing the Moodle network.  API courses are not webinars, nor do they contain pre-recorded lectures.  The classes are taught by paralegal instructors through computer-mediated distance learning who have earned both the Core Registered Paralegal® (CRP®) and Registered Paralegal® (RP®) credentials.  Students may communicate with instructors or classmates around the clock from their home or office computer.

The textbook for this course is the PCCE Study Manual available in both print and digital versions. If ordering print, please order at least THREE weeks in advance of the course start date to allow for processing and shipping.

The review course will help paralegals prepare to take the PCCE by covering the two domains tested: Paralegal Practice and Substantive Areas of Law. Each unit will begin with a pre-test, which will allow students to assess their strengths and weaknesses in the area being studied. Readings will be assigned, and discussion questions included in each unit, which will focus on problem areas revealed in the pre-test results as well as the new material introduced in the unit. At the end of each unit a post-test will be given, which will allow students to assess where additional independent study may be helpful.