LEGAL 220 - Real Estate and Property Law

1. Distinguish between the concepts of real property and personal property.
2. Explain the most common types of real estate transactions and conveyances, including deeds, contracts, leases, and deeds of trust.
3. Demonstrate knowledge of a typical real estate transaction, including file preparation, contract review, deed preparation, financing options, title examinations and insurance, and closings.
4. Demonstrate knowledge of Washington’s system of recording and searching for public documents, including title.
5. Identify the rights and duties owed to landlords and tenants under Washington’s Residential Landlord Tenant Act.
6. Perform the basic paralegal duties of a real estate and property law paralegal, with special emphasis on document drafting and form completion.
7. Differentiate between the roles of attorneys and paralegals in real estate and property transactions, and identify activities that, when performed by a paralegal, constitute the unauthorized practice of law.
8. Draft various documents involved in the conveyance of real property through sale, lease, or other transaction.
9. Identify and correct drafting problems involving these various instruments.
10. Distinguish between real property and personal property law.
11. Demonstrate knowledge of the system of recording and searching of public documents.