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
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Engineering and Technology
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Basic Skills
Problem Solving
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Verbal
Ideas and Logic
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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:
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You might use software like this on the job: Document management software
Information retrieval or search software
Data base user interface and query software
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