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What is a Paralegal?
Under California law, a paralegal has been defined as a non-lawyer who performs substantive legal work under the supervision of an attorney, meets defined educational requirements, and participates in Mandatory Continuing Legal Education as required by law.
Why should an attorney hire a paralegal?
Frees up attorney time to handle more complex cases and serve more clients.
Allows the attorney to access a large volume of cases thereby increasing revenue.
Paralegals can perform quality legal services to the clients at a lower cost to the client.
Allows the attorney to market his or her legal servies as being progressive and efficient.
The paralegal is generally available to meet with the clients when the attorney is unavailable or when the attorney's presence is not necessary.
Allows more time for the attorney to meet mandatory continuing education requirements and to keep abreast of new or repealed laws and reported cases.
Allows the attorney to accept pro bono cases or represent clients in noteworthy cases.
How will attorney charge for the work paralegals perform?
Most attorneys bill paralegal time directly to the client on a hourly basis.
What is a contract or freelance paralegal?
A contract or feelance paralegal is someone who performs substantive legal work for law firms or corporations, or other entities but is self-employed. This person contracts with law firms to handle overflow tasks and can perform any assignment that could be delegated to a paralegal employee. The contracting or freelance paralegal's work is reviewed by the contracting attorney who is ultimately responsible for the work performed.
What duties can be delegated to a paralegal?
The duties which can be delegated to a paralegal very greatly and depend upon the areas of legal specialization a paralegal/legal assistance is performing. The tasks which may be performed by paralegals may include but are not limited to, case planning, development and management; legal research; interviewing clients; fact gathering and retrieving information; drafting and analyzing legal documents, collecting, compiling, and utilizing technical information to make an independent decision and recommendation to the supervising attorney.
Do clients object to be served by a paralegal?
No. In fact, in many instances, clients prefer working with a paralegal because the paralegal is usually available when needed and billed at a lower rate.
What is the role of attorney's utilizing paralegals in the law practice?
Refer to the American Bar Association (ABA) Model Guidelines and the National Association of Legal Assistants (NALA) Model Guidelines which set forth the attorney's role in utilizing paralegals/legal assistants.