Paralegals & Legal Assistants
Also called:
Paralegal, Law Clerk, Legal Assistant, Legal Clerk
What they do:
Assist lawyers by investigating facts, preparing legal documents, or researching legal precedent. Conduct research to support a legal proceeding, to formulate a defense, or to initiate legal action.
On the job, you would:
- Prepare affidavits or other documents, such as legal correspondence, and organize and maintain documents in paper or electronic filing system.
- Prepare for trial by performing tasks such as organizing exhibits.
- Prepare legal documents, including briefs, pleadings, appeals, wills, contracts, and real estate closing statements.
Arts and Humanities
Safety and Government
Business
- administrative services
- customer service
Engineering and Technology
- computers and electronics
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Basic Skills
- reading work related information
- listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
Problem Solving
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
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Verbal
- communicate by speaking
- listen and understand what people say
Ideas and Logic
- order or arrange things
- group things in different ways
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People interested in this work like activities that include
data, detail, and regular routines.
They do well at jobs that need:
- Attention to Detail
- Cooperation
- Dependability
- Integrity
- Initiative
- Independence
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You might use software like this on the job:
Document management software
- Adobe Systems Adobe Acrobat software
- LexisNexis HotDocs
Information retrieval or search software
- American LegalNet USCourtForms
- Fastcase
Data base user interface and query software
- Bridgeway eCounsel
- LexisNexis CodeMaster
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bachelor's degree or
associate's degree
usually needed
Get started on your career:
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New job opportunities are likely in the future.
$46,730
per year, on average
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