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What You Don’t Know About the Paralegal Job Market

The Estrin Report

The most common ethnicity of paralegals is White (59.6%), followed by Hispanic or Latino (20.2%), Black or African American (9.2%) and Asian (5.7%). Paralegals are most in-demand in New York, NY. About 45,800 openings for paralegals and legal assistants are projected each year, on average, over the decade.

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Paralegal Career Choice: Public Service or Private Practice

Paralegal Bootcamp

According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, employment of paralegals and legal assistants is projected to grow 12 percent from 2020 to 2030, faster than the average for all occupations. Paralegals and legal assistants held about 345,600 jobs in 2020. Federal Government 5%.

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Paralegal Roles in Other Countries

Paralegal Bootcamp

In this week’s blog, I will take a broader look at the paralegal profession as a whole. Familiar readers of the blog know that our company, Paralegal Bootcamp , is based out of the US. With this being the case, we focus on a variety of paralegal, legal assistant, and administrative assistant legal positions in our home country.

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Will AI Replace Paralegals and Legal Assistants?

MyCase

ChatGPT and related AI tools can write, edit, and research—three tasks that weigh heavily on the daily agendas for paralegals and legal assistants. Let’s explore the merits of AI in the legal field and how they could affect the work paralegals and legal assistants do today.

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I Was Interviewed by a Paralegal Student

Paralegal Bootcamp

Legal assistant can be an alternative title to a paralegal, but there is a difference. I would suggest going out and finding some job descriptions online for an area that you might want to work in. Go find some litigation paralegal job descriptions. Is eDiscovery going to take litigation paralegal jobs?

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How have paralegals faired during the pandemic

SimplyLawJobs

Within the legal profession it has long been regarded that paralegals are the support staff to solicitors, since many are graduates who are seeking to become solicitors at the end of day. The above is a general observation, and of course there are exceptions within the legal sector. Other sectors of the legal industry .

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Starting a Paralegal Career Without a Paralegal Certificate

Paralegal Bootcamp

How many times have you seen posts on LinkedIn and social media that go something along the lines of, “ I went and got a paralegal certificate, but I can’t get a paralegal job without any experience. How do I land my first paralegal job?”?