A legal career can be yours, even without a graduate law degree
Paralegals or legal assistants work along side lawyers and attorneys, but without the stress and responsibility. According to the American Bar Association, a paralegal
"is employed or retained by a lawyer, law office, corporation, governmental agency or other entity who performs specifically delegated substantive legal work for which a lawyer is responsible."
Seventy percent of paralegals work for private law firms. The other thirty percent work for non-profits, corporations, the government, or are self-employed. The U.S. Department of Justice is the Federal Government’s larges employer of paralegals. Freelancers contract with law firms or corporate legal departments and have the flexibility and satisfaction of owing their own businesses.
If big city excitement is for you, work at one of the largest law firms in the country.
Baker & McKenzie (Chicago)
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (New York)
Letham & Watkins (Los Angeles)
Or work for a boutique firm that specializes in a certain area of the law such as Grotta, Glassman & Hoffman, (immigration law, labor relations law, and employment law) or Cohn Whitesell & Goldberg LLP (bankruptcy). Other legal specialties include: admiralty and maritime law, civil appeals, commercial litigation, corporate law, environmental law, family law, health law, intellectual property, international trade law, personal injury, real estate law, telecommunications, tort, trusts and estate law and white collar defense.
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