According to the Illinois Department of Corrections: after individuals successfully complete the Blackstone Legal Assistant/Paralegal certificate program and provide successful completion of the program to the facility administration, an award may be recommended for 180 days of earned program sentence credit.
To assess each student’s knowledge and ensure all students have met the level of understanding of the objectives presented in this program, the successful completion of a proctored final examination is required to receive a Legal Assistant/Paralegal certificate from Blackstone Career Institute. Once a student completes all paralegal coursework, meets all financial obligations, and all required documentation is in the student’s academic record, the student is then eligible to take a proctored final examination.
In order to secure a proctor for the final examination, students must communicate with the Volunteer Coordinator at their facility. The student should then work with the Volunteer Coordinator to attain a proctor for the final examination. It should be noted that any employee of the facility is not eligible to be the proctor for the student.