This course was relaunched in August 2024. It was originally created in 2018.

This online course is only available for sale to verified AILA Member Paralegals. Visit AILA.org for more information on how to become an AILA Member Paralegals. Attorneys should register for the AILA Fundamentals Online Course instead.

This self-paced online course provides over 20 hours of content for beginner-to-intermediate paralegals in 11 modules, combining a focus on the law itself as well as paralegal practice skills. The course includes immigration law content related to humanitarian and asylum issues, family, business, adjustment of status and consular processing, removal and relief, and naturalization and citizenship. It also features three modules which involve skills that are crucial to immigration paralegal performance: research skills, ethics and professionalism, and client service. Participants begin with an overview, followed by the ethics and professionalism module. For the remainder of the course modules, participants are able to choose their preferred order. The course offers materials in video and written format, as well as interactive elements such as discussion questions, quizzes, and tests at the end of each module.

Each course registration allows one paralegal to take the course; multiple users are not allowed to take the course at the same time with the same login.

Each course registration allows one paralegal to take the course; multiple users are not allowed to take the course at the same time with the same login. This product contains online content available through our online learning platform, AILA University, for one year from the date of purchase.