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Career Information for Paralegals And Legal Assistants in Alabama

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Fast Facts for Paralegals And Legal Assistants in Alabama

  • Cities with highest percentage of jobs relative to population: Birmingham, Gadsden, and Montgomery
  • Cities with lowest percentage of jobs relative to population: Huntsville, Mobile, and Tuscaloosa
  • Cities with the highest absolute number of jobs: Birmingham, Montgomery, and Mobile

Salaries for Paralegals And Legal Assistants in Alabama

  • Metro areas with the highest median salaries: Birmingham, Mobile, and Montgomery. (See table at bottom of page)

Schools for Paralegals And Legal Assistants in Alabama are listed below.

Selected Paralegal Training Schools in Alabama

These schools offer particularly quick info upon request, and we have written detailed profiles for each (click school names to see the profiles).

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Brown Mackie College
Birmingham

Offers degree and certificate programs in business, health care, legal assistance, and computer technology. Located at 18 campuses throughout the U.S.

  • Programs: Legal Studies, Paralegal, Paralegal Assistant
  • Degrees/Course Work: Associate, Bachelor, Certificate, Diploma

South University Campus
Montgomery

South University (AU) provides online and campus based classes, which are all rooted in the foundation of excellence the school has been known for since 1899.

  • Programs: Paralegal Studies, Science In Legal Studies
  • Degrees/Course Work: Associate, Bachelor

Selected Online Schools for Paralegals and Legal Assistants in Alabama

SchoolLocationsDegreesQuick Info
Keiser University eCampus OnlineOnlineAssociate, BachelorGet Info
Virginia College OnlineOnlineAssociateGet Info
Grand Canyon UniversityOnlineMasterGet Info
South UniversityOnlineAssociate, BachelorGet Info
Berkeley College OnlineOnlineAssociateGet Info
Kaplan University OnlineOnlineAssociate, Bachelor, Certificate, MasterGet Info
Colorado Technical University OnlineOnlineAssociateGet Info
Everest University OnlineOnlineAssociate, BachelorGet Info
Ashworth CollegeOnlineAssociateGet Info
Herzing University OnlineOnlineAssociate, BachelorGet Info
Brookline CollegeOnlineAssociateGet Info
Minnesota School of BusinessOnlineAssociate, Bachelor, CertificateGet Info
Stratford Career InstituteOnlineDiplomaGet Info
Anthem CollegeOnlineAssociateGet Info
Herzing CollegeOnlineAssociate, BachelorGet Info
ITT Technical InstituteOnlineAssociateGet Info

More Alabama Paralegal Training Schools

School NameCampusHighest AwardEnrolled
Bevill State Community CollegeSumitonAssociate3,986
Enterprise-Ozark Community CollegeEnterpriseAssociate2,189
Gadsden State Community CollegeGadsdenAssociate5,514
George C Wallace State Community College-HancevilleHancevilleAssociate5,247
James H Faulkner State Community CollegeBay MinetteAssociate3,612
John C Calhoun State Community CollegeTannerAssociate9,117
Samford UniversityBirminghamDoctorate & First Professional4,485
Shelton State Community CollegeTuscaloosaAssociate5,323
Virginia College-BirminghamBirminghamMasters3,826
Virginia College-HuntsvilleHuntsvilleBachelor861
Virginia College-MobileMobileAssociate188

Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Paralegals And Legal Assistants

The map below shows job statistics for the career type by metro area, for Alabama. A table below the map shows job popularity and salaries across the state.

Metro Areas Rated for Popularity (as of 2008) for:
Paralegals and Legal Assistants

Listed below are metro areas ranked by the popularity of jobs for Paralegals and Legal Assistants relative to the population of the city, as of 2008. Salary data was obtained from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

A Relative Popularity of 1.0 means that the city has an average number of the particular job, for its population, compared to the rest of the US. Higher numbers mean proportionally more jobs of that type.
Metro AreaJobsSalary
(2008)
Relative
Popularity

ALABAMA

   
Birmingham1,110$47,4401
Gadsden60$36,3301
Montgomery280$39,4500.8
Tuscaloosa110$31,8000.6
Mobile230$43,5100.6
Huntsville170$35,8000.4
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