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2. Paralegal - Wikipedia

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   A paralegal, also known as a legal assistant, or paralegal specialist is a legal professional who performs tasks that require knowledge of legal concepts but not the full expertise of a lawyer with an admission to practice law. The market for paralegals is broad, including consultancies, companies that have legal departments or that perform ...

3. Certified paralegal - Wikipedia

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   The current definition of "legal assistant/paralegal" replaces the definition adopted by the ABA Board of Governors in 1986. It adds the term "paralegal" since the terms "legal assistant" and "paralegal" are, in practice, used interchangeably. The term that is preferred generally depends on what part of the country one is from.

4. Legal profession - Wikipedia

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   A paralegal or legal assistant, according to one definition, is "a person, qualified by education, training or work experience who is employed or retained by a lawyer, law office, corporation, governmental agency or other entity and who performs specifically delegated substantive legal work for which a lawyer is responsible.” [1]

5. List of professional designations in the United States

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   Certified Paralegal: CP: National Association of Legal Assistants; NALA, The Paralegal Association Advanced Certified Paralegal: ACP: National Association of Legal Assistants; NALA, The Paralegal Association Accredited Legal Professional: ALP: NALS (formerly the National Association of Legal Secretaries) Professional Legal Secretary: PLS

6. Legal secretary - Wikipedia

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   Much like a paralegal, a legal secretary is responsible for locating relevant information for cases. This type of person would be called a "paralegal" in the UK. [citation needed] In the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth, a legal secretary is a secretary experienced in working for a law firm or in-house legal department. They assist by giving ...

7. Post–law school employment in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Work that was previously assigned to lawyers, such as document review, may now be given to paralegals and legal assistants. Some routine legal work may also be outsourced to other lower-cost legal providers located overseas. Brian Tamanaha, a law professor and legal theorist at Washington University, has questioned the accuracy of employment ...