Are you the most organized person and detail oriented personality in your friend group? Paralegals are the backbone of legal offices and help solve the toughest cases by aggregating all the legal details.
1. Assist in the development of legal strategies. 2. Dive deep into reserach with 3. Assist in the development of legal research
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.
Knowledge of administrative and office procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and workplace terminology. 77/100
Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. 77/100
Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process. 74/100
Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction. 71/100
Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming. 65/100
Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources. 44/100
Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions. 38/100
Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems. 31/100
Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications. 30/100
Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects. 28/100
American Bar Association
NALS...the association for legal professionals
National Association of Legal Assistants
National Federation of Paralegal Associations
Occupational Outlook Handbook: Paralegals and legal assistants
Paralegal Career
Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents | 13-2081.00
Tax Preparers | 13-2082.00
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers | 23-2093.00
Billing and Posting Clerks | 43-3021.00
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks | 43-3031.00
Brokerage Clerks | 43-4011.00
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks | 43-4031.00
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs | 43-4061.00
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants | 43-6011.00
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants | 43-6012.00