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Paralegal Studies - Online

Faculty

Alan R. Beckman has been practicing law for over 34 years and working as an Adjunct Professor of law, at both law schools and paralegal programs, for more than 20 years.   Alan has been an attorney in many different and varied positions, including Assistant State Attorney (prosecutor) in Miami, Florida, partner in Beckman and Beckman, a Miami law firm specializing in litigation, Assistant City Attorney, Assistant Attorney General assigned to the Organized Crime Strike Force in Denver, Colorado, State court trial Judge, Arapahoe County Court, 18th Judicial District, in the Denver metropolitan area and he served as the Solicitor General, State of Nevada. Judge Beckman's educational background includes both a teaching degree and a law degree, coupled with several certificates of appreciation for numerous legal seminars and programs in which he participated. Mr. Beckman has been licensed to practice law in three states and before many Federal courts, including the United States Supreme Court.

Margaret Pickard, J.D. is an attorney, educator, and author.  She is admitted to practice law in California, Montana, and before the U.S. District Court, Ninth Circuit.  She sat as a Special Master over domestic violence cases in the Juneau, Alaska Superior Courts and later served as a family court mediator and guardian ad litem.  She developed a successful civil practice in Missoula, Montana, before joining the faculty of the University of Montana, where she taught family law and business organizations.  She is currently a faculty member of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and serves as a consultant for the Institute of Career Development, facilitating its online paralegal programs.  She is a guest lecturer at universities and civic organizations across the country, offering courses on business organizations, job strategies as well as parenting seminars.  She is the author of Business Organizations for Paralegals (West Legal Studies, 2001), Divorce and the Unbroken Circle of Love (Cedar Fort, 2006),Job Strategies for Paralegals (West Legal Studies, 2007), as well as numerous privately published materials.