The new decade will be a good one for paralegals and legal assistants, with significant job growth expected over the next eight years in those careers. The 2010-11 edition of the U.S. Bureau of Labor ...

Judy Restis is restless. The recent community college graduate has an associate degree in business and yet isn't sure of which employment field she wants to apply herself to in order to create a solid ...

Paralegals, more formally known as legal assistants, perform the same legal tasks as attorneys with the exception of setting fees, signing pleadings and directly representing clients in court.

As part of our recent discussion concerning selecting and retaining a lawyer, there were several mentions of paralegals, primarily in connection with billing rates. Who are paralegals, what do they do ...

The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects jobs in legal professions to increase by 10 percent between 2016 and 2026. At the same time, law offices are taking steps to reduce costs and increase ...

Paralegals and legal assistants are typically part of the support staff for a law firm. Their main tasks may include performing legal research, typing up drafts of documents and organizing files.

Paralegals, also called legal assistants, perform many tasks under attorney supervision, such as legal research, document drafting, fact investigation, case management, and preparation for trial.

As AI becomes a bigger part of the legal world, it’s important for attorneys to find the right balance between using this new technology and relying on the skills of their paralegal team. With the ...

Brian Neiman, 28, works out of his $1 million, waterfront home. Neiman, a paralegal employed by Fort Lauderdale class action lawyer Norman Ganz, is fighting a Florida Bar charge that he is practicing ...