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About Paralegals And Legal Assistants

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Paralegals, also known as legal assistants, help lawyers in doing legal research, drafting contracts and other legal documents, identifying relevant articles and cases, preparing for real estate closings and assisting in many other details of the legal process. The role of the paralegal continues to grow in law offices and corporate law departments. By reducing the workload performed by the lawyers of a firm or company, operations can be made more efficient.

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There are more than 200,000 paralegals employed in the U.S, 70% of whom work in private legal firms. Those who do not work in law firms tend to be employed in corporations or in the government. Job growth is expected to be favorable relative to other professions over the coming years as companies look to minimize their legal expenses.

Paralegal Schools

Paralegal training is often obtained from local career and junior colleges. Typically, paralegal graduates obtain a two year associate's degree. However, some students with bachelor's degrees in other areas may pursue a shorter certificate program. There are still some paralegals that come through the ranks of the law firm, learning as they go. Certification is not required but may be attractive to some employers. For example, The National Association of Legal Assistants administers an examination that leads to the Certified Legal Assistant title for successful candidates who have gained accredited educational credentials and who have sufficient real-world experience.

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ACRMI, OH, PAAssociate, Certificate, DiplomaGet Info
Antonelli CollegeMSAssociateGet Info
Ashworth UniversityOnlineAssociate, DiplomaGet Info
Baker College CampusMIAssociateGet Info
Berkeley CollegeNJ, NYAssociateGet Info
Berks Technical InstitutePAAssociateGet Info
Bohecker CollegeOHAssociateGet Info
Bradford School ColumbusOHAssociateGet Info
Bradford School PittsburghPAAssociateGet Info
Branford Hall Career InstituteCTCertificateGet Info
Brown Mackie CollegeAZ, FL, GA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, OH, OKAssociate, Bachelor, Certificate, DiplomaGet Info
CPCTXAssociate, DiplomaGet Info
Career College of Northern NevadaNVAssociateGet Info
Center For Advanced Legal StudiesTXAssociate, CertificateGet Info
Clarita Career CollegeCACertificateGet Info
Colorado Technical University OnlineOnlineAssociateGet Info
Computer Career CenterNM, TXDiplomaGet Info
Empire CollegeCAAssociate, DiplomaGet Info
Everest College of Business Technology and Health CareONDiplomaGet Info
Everest InstituteFL, NY, PAAssociate, CourseworkGet Info
Everest UniversityFLAssociate, BachelorGet Info
Everest University OnlineOnlineAssociate, BachelorGet Info
Florida Technical CollegeFLAssociateGet Info
Fremont CollegeCAAssociateGet Info
George Washington UniversityOnlineMasterGet Info
Globe CollegeMNAssociate, BachelorGet Info
Heald CollegeCA, HIAssociateGet Info
Herzing CollegeFL, GA, LA, ON, WIAssociate, DiplomaGet Info
Herzing College OnlineOnlineAssociateGet Info
Hesser CollegeNHAssociateGet Info
Hickey CollegeMOAssociateGet Info
ICS CanadaOnlineDiplomaGet Info
IIA CollegeAZ, NM, OnlineAssociate, DiplomaGet Info
International Business College Fort WayneINAssociateGet Info
International Business College IndianapolisINAssociateGet Info
Jones CollegeFL, OnlineAssociate, BachelorGet Info
Kaplan CollegeCO, MDAssociate, CertificateGet Info
Kaplan UniversityIA, OnlineAssociate, Bachelor, CertificateGet Info
Keiser UniversityFLAssociateGet Info
Keiser University eCampus OnlineOnlineAssociateGet Info
King's CollegeNCAssociateGet Info
Lamson CollegeAZAssociateGet Info
Las Vegas CollegeNVAssociateGet Info
McCann School of Business & TechnologyPAAssociateGet Info
Milan InstituteIDDiplomaGet Info
Miller-Motte Technical CollegeSC, TNAssociateGet Info
Minnesota School of BusinessMNAssociate, BachelorGet Info
National American University CampusKS, MN, MO, SDAssociate, BachelorGet Info
National CollegeOH, VAAssociateGet Info
National School of TechnologyFLCourseworkGet Info
New England CollegeOnlineMasterGet Info
Northwestern Business CollegeILAssociate, CertificateGet Info
Penn Foster Career SchoolOnlineDiplomaGet Info
Penn Foster CollegeOnlineAssociateGet Info
Pioneer Pacific CollegeORAssociateGet Info
Platt CollegeCAAssociate, BachelorGet Info
Post UniversityCT, OnlineAssociate, Bachelor, CertificateGet Info
RETS CollegeOHDiplomaGet Info
Rasmussen CollegeFL, MN, Online, WIAssociate, CertificateGet Info
Sanford-Brown CollegeMO, VAAssociate, BachelorGet Info
South Texas Vocational Technical InstituteTXDiplomaGet Info
South UniversityOnlineAssociate, BachelorGet Info
Stonecliffe College OnlineOnlineAssociateGet Info
Stratford Career InstituteOnlineDiplomaGet Info
Sullivan UniversityKYAssociate, Bachelor, CertificateGet Info
Texas CareersTXDiplomaGet Info
The Salter SchoolMACertificateGet Info
Tri-State Business InstitutePAAssociateGet Info
Utah Career CollegeUTAssociate, Bachelor, DiplomaGet Info
Virginia College OnlineOnlineAssociateGet Info
Western School of Health and BusinessPAAssociateGet Info
Westwood College OnlineOnlineAssociateGet Info
Woodbury CollegeOnlineMasterGet Info
triOS CollegeONDiplomaGet Info

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