Bachelor
of Law (BL) for Paralegal Professionals
Bachelor
of Law (BL) Course outline of IQY Degree College
IQY ဒီဂရီကောလိပ်၏ဥပဒေဘွဲ့ (BL) သင်တန်း
ဤသင်တန်းပြီးဆုံးပြီးနောက်ဘွဲ့ရများသည် Para-legal ၏လုပ်ငန်းများကိုလုပ်ဆောင်နိုင်သည် ။
Paralegals
သည်ရှေ့နေရဲ့လက်ထောက်အဖြစ်စဉ်းစားနိုင်ပါသည် ။
၎င်းတို့သည်ဥပဒေများနှင့်အမှုများကိုသုတေသနပြုခြင်းမှသည်တရား ၀ င်စာရွက်စာတမ်းများ
ရေးဆွဲခြင်းနှင့်တရားရုံးတွင်အသုံးပြုရန်သက်သေအထောက်အထားများစုဆောင်းခြင်းအထိအရာ
ရာကိုလုပ်ဆောင်သည်။ ၎င်းတို့သည်ရှေ့နေများအားအစီရင်ခံစာများရေးသားခြင်း၊
သက်သေခံပစ္စည်းများကိုပြသခြင်းနှင့်ဆန့်ကျင်သောရှေ့နေနှင့်အယူခံတင်ခြင်းများအားဖြင့်ရုံးတင်
စစ်ဆေးခြင်းအတွက်အဆင်သင့်ဖြစ်စေရန်ကူညီသည်။
အမှုကိစ္စများကိုကျယ်ကျယ်ပြန့်ပြန့်လုပ်ဆောင်နေသောကြောင့်တရားသူကြီးများသည်တရားသူ
ကြီးများအနေဖြင့် ၀ န်ဆောင်မှုခံယူသူများကိုငွေပေးချေနိုင်သည်။
သင်တန်းသည်အောက်ပါအရည်အချင်းများကိုထောက်ပံ့ပေးသည်။
၁။ တရားဝင်ကူးယူခြင်း၊
၂ ။
စာရွက်စာတမ်းစီမံခန့်ခွဲမှု၊
၃ ။ငွေစုစာရင်းစီမံခန့်ခွဲမှု၊
၄ ။တရားဝင်ငွေတောင်းခံ ခြင်း၊
၅။ ဥပဒေရေးရာ ပြဌါန်းသည့်ဉပဒေကိုအမှုအတွက်သတ်မှတ်ခြင်း၊
၆။ နယ်ပယ်နှင့်တရားရုံးအစီရင်ခံခြင်းဝန်ဆောင်မှုများပြုခြင်း၊
၇။ တရားဝင်ဘာသာပြန်ခြင်း ၊
၈။ ကိန်းဂဏန်းထည့်သွင်းဝန်ဆောင်မှုပြုခြင်း၊
၉ ။အတွင်းရေးမှူးနှင့်ဥပဒေအထောက်အကူပြုစီးပွားရေးလုပ်ငန်းစဉ်ဝန်ဆောင်မှုများပေးခြင်း
၁၀။အီလက်ထရောနစ်ဖိုင်တွဲခြင်း၊
After having completed this course,
the graduates can do the tasks of Para-legal
Paralegals can be thought of as lawyer’s assistants;
they do everything from
conducting research on laws and cases to drafting
legal documents and
compiling evidence to be used in court. They help
lawyers get ready for trial by
writing reports, demonstrating exhibits
and filing appeals with the opposing
counsel. Because of their extensive work on cases,
paralegals are able to bill
clients for their work, whereas legal assistants
cannot.
The training provides the following competencies
1. Legal Transcription
2. Document management
3. Deposition summary
4. Legal billing
5. Legal coding
6. Scoping and court
reporting services
7. Legal Translation
8. Data entry service
9. Secretarial and paralegal
business process services
10.
E-filling service
List of
Subjects
Year 1
Each 2 credits x 8=16 Credits
BL101 Myanmar Penal Code
BL102 Defending the law case
BL103 Criminal Procedure
BL104 Anti Corruption Law
BL105 Telecommunications Law
BL106 Myanmar Civil Servant Code
BL107 Public safety & Law
BL108 Freedom of Judges and Lawyers
VIDEOS
YEAR 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mc6MTPAQKjE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikNX783tgAk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsCDWBYvPkE
Year 2
Each 2 credits x 8=16 Credits
BL201 Urban Safety
BL202 Industry Law (Video)
BL203 Leave and Holiday Law
BL204
Employment Contract (Video)
BL204
Human Rights(Video)
BL205 Payment Law
BL206 Dispute Settlement Law
BL207
Shop and Office Place Law (Video)
BL208 Social Security Rule
Year 3
Each 3 credits x 8=24 Credits
BL301 Community & Healthcare Law
BL302 Citizenship Duty and
Responsibility
WILLS
(Video)
BL303 Disaster Protection Community
Approach
BL304 Welfare Tasks
BL305 Ethics
BL306 Human Trafficking Protection
BL307Humanity Work and Protection of
Violence
BL308 Police Studies
VIDEOS
TOTAL
60 Credits
Diploma in
Law Holders can join the course at Year 4 and they can
do self studies in Year 1 to 3 Subjects
ဥပဒေဒီပလိုမာရထားသူများသည် Year 4 တွင်တက်ရောက်နိုင်ပြီးပထမနှစ်မှ တတိယနှစ်ဘာသာရပ်များတွင်ကိုယ်ပိုင်လေ့လာနိုင်သည်။
Year 4
Each 2 credits x 12=24 Credits
BL401 Insurance
Law
BL402 Constitution
2008
BL403
Civil Litigation (Video)
BL403module_9
Family
Law (Video)
BL404A
Customs Law (Video)
BL404B Export
Import System
BL404B
Rate of Customs Duties (Video)
BL405
Myanmar Revenue Law (Video)
BL406 Negotiation
Act
BL407A Business
Law
BL407A Business
Law Part1 Competition Law
BL407B Business
Law Part2 Consumer Protection Law
BL407C Competition
Rules
BL408
Myanmar Human Rights Law (Video)
BL409
Equity and Trust (Video)
BL410
Administrative Law (Video)
BL411 Public
Governance Law
VIDEOS
Year 5
Each 3 credits x 12=36Credits
BL501
Civil Litigation Procedure (Video)
BL502 Constitutions
of ASEAN
BL503 Comparative
Law
BL504 Criminology
BL505
Intellectual Property Law (Video)
BL506
Land Law (Video)
BL506
Land Law of Myanmar (Video)
BL506 Land usage
Permission Certificate
BL507 International
Environment Law
BL508 Law of
Tort
BL509
Military Law (Video)
BL510 Myanmar
Martitime Law
BL510 Myanmar
Ocean Law
BL510 UN Ocean
Law
BL511 Law of
Commercial Arbitration
BAE512LawOfInternationbalInstitutions
VIDEOS (YEAR 5)
TOTAL 60 Credits
DEGREE= 120 Credits
STUDY RESOURCES
Pre-requisite
Year 10
Year 1
BL101
Myanmar Penal Code
ရာဇသတ်ကြီး
http://www.iqytechnicalcollege.com/11 March 2020 ရာဇသတ်ကြီး.pdf
Myanmar Penal Code
http://www.iqytechnicalcollege.com/Annex K - Myanmar
Penal Code.pdf
Reference (Myanmar Government University
Law Course)
·
Law 1101 Introduction to the Study of Law
I
·
Law 1102 History of State and Law
Study
Record
http://www.iqytechnicalcollege.com/studyrecordmyanmar.pdf
BL102
Defending the law case
Myanmar Defender Manual Burmese
http://www.iqytechnicalcollege.com/Myanmar-Defender-Manual-Burmese
(1).pdf
Legal Defence
www.iqytechnicalcollege.com/Legal Defence.pdf
Reference (Myanmar Government University
Law Course)
·
Law 1103 Introduction to the Study
of Law II
·
Law 1104 Jurisprudence
Study
Record
http://www.iqytechnicalcollege.com/studyrecordmyanmar.pdf
BL103
Criminal Procedure
Myanmar Code Criminal Procedure
www.iqytechnicalcollege.com/MM_Code_Criminal_Procedure.pdf
·
Law 3101 Criminal Law
Study
Record
http://www.iqytechnicalcollege.com/studyrecordmyanmar.pdf
BL104
Anti Corruption Law
www.iqytechnicalcollege.com/2013-08-07-anti-corruption_law-23-en-red.pdf
http://www.iqytechnicalcollege.com/studyrecordmyanmar.pdf
Study
Record
http://www.iqytechnicalcollege.com/studyrecordmyanmar.pdf
BL105
Telecommunications Law
www.iqytechnicalcollege.com/2013-10-08-Telecommunications_Law-en.pdf
Defamation International Standards
www.iqytechnicalcollege.com/Defamation-international-standards.pdf
ဥပဒေရေးရာ11 March 2020 jurisprudence_1975
www.iqytechnicalcollege.com/11 March 2020
jurisprudence_1975.pdf
Study
Record
http://www.iqytechnicalcollege.com/studyrecordmyanmar.pdf
BL106
Myanmar Civil Servant Code
www.iqytechnicalcollege.com/Civil servant codes.pdf
Study
Record
http://www.iqytechnicalcollege.com/studyrecordmyanmar.pdf
BL107 Public safety & Law
http://www.iqytechnicalcollege.com/Form225BWSSafetyIndustry.htm
Community Security
www.iqytechnicalcollege.com/community-security-burmese-final.pdf
Safety in Education
www.iqytechnicalcollege.com/Safety in Education.pdf
Safety Protection Training
www.iqytechnicalcollege.com/Safety Protection Training.pdf
Study
Record
http://www.iqytechnicalcollege.com/studyrecordmyanmar.pdf
BL108 Freedom of Judges
and Lawyers
www.iqytechnicalcollege.com/Freedom of Judges and Lawyers.pdf
Study
Record
http://www.iqytechnicalcollege.com/studyrecordmyanmar.pdf
Year 2
BL201
Urban Safety
School Security
www.iqytechnicalcollege.com/School Security.pdf
Urban Safety
www.iqytechnicalcollege.com/Urban Safety.pdf
Study
Record
http://www.iqytechnicalcollege.com/studyrecordmyanmar.pdf
BL202
Industry Law
Working at Company
www.iqytechnicalcollege.com/Working at Company.pdf
Industry Law
http://www.iqytechnicalcollege.com/Form237Industry.htm
Factory Work
www.iqytechnicalcollege.com/Factory Work.pdf
Factory Act
www.iqytechnicalcollege.com/factory-act-repairs.pdf
Study
Record
http://www.iqytechnicalcollege.com/studyrecordmyanmar.pdf
BL203
Leave and Holiday Law
www.iqytechnicalcollege.com/6.-Amended-Law-for-Leave-and-Holiday-Law-1951.pdf
Study
Record
http://www.iqytechnicalcollege.com/studyrecordmyanmar.pdf
BL204
Employment Contract
www.iqytechnicalcollege.com/employment_contract_template_.pdf
Equal Employment Right
www.iqytechnicalcollege.com/Equal Employment Right.pdf
Code of Conduct
www.iqytechnicalcollege.com/fla_code_of_conduct_burmese.pdf
Study
Record
http://www.iqytechnicalcollege.com/studyrecordmyanmar.pdf
BL204
Human Rights
www.iqytechnicalcollege.com/Human Right.pdf
Environmental Assessment
www.iqytechnicalcollege.com/OP-4-01-Environmental-Assessment-_PDF-1.pdf
Study
Record
http://www.iqytechnicalcollege.com/studyrecordmyanmar.pdf
BL205
Payment Law
www.iqytechnicalcollege.com/payement-laws.pdf
Study
Record
http://www.iqytechnicalcollege.com/studyrecordmyanmar.pdf
BL206
Dispute Settlement Law
www.iqytechnicalcollege.com/Second-Dispute-Settlement-Law.pdf
Study
Record
http://www.iqytechnicalcollege.com/studyrecordmyanmar.pdf
BL207
Shop and Office Place Law
www.iqytechnicalcollege.com/shop-and-office-place-law.pdf
Worker Compensation
www.iqytechnicalcollege.com/Worker Compensation.pdf
Shop Establishment
www.iqytechnicalcollege.com/shopEstablishment-_19511.pdf
·
Law 2102 Law of Contract
·
Law 2103 Labour Law
Study
Record
http://www.iqytechnicalcollege.com/studyrecordmyanmar.pdf
BL208
Social Security Rule
www.iqytechnicalcollege.com/Social Security Rule.pdf
Study
Record
http://www.iqytechnicalcollege.com/studyrecordmyanmar.pdf
Year 3
BL301
Community & Healthcare Law
http://www.iqytechnicalcollege.com/Form223BWSAgedCare.htm
Aged Care
www.iqytechnicalcollege.com/Aged Care Lesson.pdf
Caring Protection and Support Training
www.iqytechnicalcollege.com/Caring Protection Support
Training.pdf
Study
Record
http://www.iqytechnicalcollege.com/studyrecordmyanmar.pdf
BL302
Citizenship Duty and Responsibility
www.iqytechnicalcollege.com/Citizenship Duty and Responsibility.pdf
Study
Record
http://www.iqytechnicalcollege.com/studyrecordmyanmar.pdf
BL303
Disaster Protection Community Approach
www.iqytechnicalcollege.com/Community Approach for
Disaster Protection.pdf
Community Lesson
www.iqytechnicalcollege.com/Community Lesson.pdf
Domestic Service
www.iqytechnicalcollege.com/Democratic Service.pdf
Disaster Protection
www.iqytechnicalcollege.com/Disaster Protection.pdf
Study
Record
http://www.iqytechnicalcollege.com/studyrecordmyanmar.pdf
BL304
Welfare Tasks
www.iqytechnicalcollege.com/Welfare Tasks.pdf
Mental Health
www.iqytechnicalcollege.com/MentalHealth.pdf
www.iqytechnicalcollege.com/Nursing Law.pdf
http://www.iqytechnicalcollege.com/Standardized Health
Messages Book (with bookmarked headings).pdf
Health Care of Moving People
www.iqytechnicalcollege.com/Health Care of Moving People.pdf
Homecare and Domestic Assistant
http://www.iqytechnicalcollege.com/Home Care+Domestic Assistant
Support.pdf
Hospital Safety
www.iqytechnicalcollege.com/Staying_Safe_in_Hospital.pdf
Study
Record
http://www.iqytechnicalcollege.com/studyrecordmyanmar.pdf
BL305
Ethics
www.iqytechnicalcollege.com/Ethics.pdf
Study
Record
http://www.iqytechnicalcollege.com/studyrecordmyanmar.pdf
BL306
Human Trafficking Protection
www.iqytechnicalcollege.com/Human Trifficking Protection.pdf
Study
Record
http://www.iqytechnicalcollege.com/studyrecordmyanmar.pdf
BL307Humanity
Work and Protection of Violence
www.iqytechnicalcollege.com/Humanity Works Protection of
Violence.pdf
Study
Record
http://www.iqytechnicalcollege.com/studyrecordmyanmar.pdf
BL308
Police Studies
www.iqytechnicalcollege.com/Police.pdf
Study
Record
http://www.iqytechnicalcollege.com/studyrecordmyanmar.pdf
Year 4
Pre-requisite
Diploma in
Law Holders can join the course at Year 4 and they can
do self studies in Year 1 to 3 Subjects
BL401 Insurance Law
www.highlightcomputer.com/BL401InsuranceLaw.pdf
Study
Record
http://www.iqytechnicalcollege.com/studyrecordmyanmar.pdf
BL402 Constitution 2008
www.highlightcomputer.com/BL402Constitution2008.pdf
Study
Record
http://www.iqytechnicalcollege.com/studyrecordmyanmar.pdf
BL403 Civil Litigation
www.highlightcomputer.com/BL403CivilLitigation.pdf
Myanmar
Customary Law
www.highlightcomputer.com/MyanmarCustomaryLaw.pdf
BL403module_9
www.highlightcomputer.com/BL403module_9.pdf
www.highlightcomputer.com/successionofsonsdaughters.pdf
www.highlightcomputer.com/24.2016.pdf
Study
Record
http://www.iqytechnicalcollege.com/studyrecordmyanmar.pdf
BL404 Customs Law
BL404A Customs
Law
www.highlightcomputer.com/BL404ACustomsLaw.pdf
Study
Record
http://www.iqytechnicalcollege.com/studyrecordmyanmar.pdf
BL404B Export
Import System
www.highlightcomputer.com/BL404BExportImportSystem.pdf
Study
Record
http://www.iqytechnicalcollege.com/studyrecordmyanmar.pdf
BL404B Rate
of Customs Duties
www.highlightcomputer.com/BL404BRateOfCustomsDuties.pdf
Study
Record
http://www.iqytechnicalcollege.com/studyrecordmyanmar.pdf
BL405 Myanmar Revenue Law
www.highlightcomputer.com/BL405MyanmarRevenueLaw.pdf
Study
Record
http://www.iqytechnicalcollege.com/studyrecordmyanmar.pdf
BL406 Negotiation Act
www.highlightcomputer.com/BL406NegotiationAct.pdf
Study
Record
http://www.iqytechnicalcollege.com/studyrecordmyanmar.pdf
BL407A Business Law
BL407A Business
Law Part1 Competition Law
www.highlightcomputer.com/BL407ABusinessLawPart1CompetitionLaw.pdf
Study
Record
http://www.iqytechnicalcollege.com/studyrecordmyanmar.pdf
BL407B Business
Law Part2 Consumer Protection Law
www.highlightcomputer.com/BL407BConsumerProtectionLaw.pdf
Study
Record
http://www.iqytechnicalcollege.com/studyrecordmyanmar.pdf
BL407C Competition
Rules
www.highlightcomputer.com/BL407CCompetitionRules.pdf
Study
Record
http://www.iqytechnicalcollege.com/studyrecordmyanmar.pdf
BL408 Myanmar Human Rights Law
www.highlightcomputer.com/BL408MyanmarHumanrightsLaw.pdf
Study
Record
http://www.iqytechnicalcollege.com/studyrecordmyanmar.pdf
BL409 Equity and Trust
www.highlightcomputer.com/BL409EquityandTrust.pdf
Study
Record
http://www.iqytechnicalcollege.com/studyrecordmyanmar.pdf
BL410 Administrative Law
www.highlightcomputer.com/BL410AdministrativeLaw.pdf
Study
Record
http://www.iqytechnicalcollege.com/studyrecordmyanmar.pdf
BL411 Public Governance Law
www.highlightcomputer.com/BL411PublicGoveranceLaw.pdf
BL412Evidence Law
www.highlightcomputer.com/2510.pdf
www.highlightcomputer.com/732015.pdf
Study
Record
http://www.iqytechnicalcollege.com/studyrecordmyanmar.pdf
Year 5
BL501 Civil Litigation Procedure
www.highlightcomputer.com/BL501CivilProcedure.pdf
Study
Record
http://www.iqytechnicalcollege.com/studyrecordmyanmar.pdf
BL502 Constitutions of ASEAN
www.highlightcomputer.com/BL502ConstitutionsOfASEAN.zip
Study
Record
http://www.iqytechnicalcollege.com/studyrecordmyanmar.pdf
BL503 Comparative Law
www.highlightcomputer.com/BL503ComparativeLaw.pdf
Study
Record
http://www.iqytechnicalcollege.com/studyrecordmyanmar.pdf
BL504 Criminology
www.highlightcomputer.com/BL504Criminology.pdf
Study
Record
http://www.iqytechnicalcollege.com/studyrecordmyanmar.pdf
BL505 Intellectual Property Law
www.highlightcomputer.com/BL505IntellectualPropertyLaw.pdf
www.highlightcomputer.com/BL505kyemon_mirror_9july2015.pdf
Study
Record
http://www.iqytechnicalcollege.com/studyrecordmyanmar.pdf
BL506 Land Law
www.highlightcomputer.com/BL506LandLaw.pdf
Study
Record
http://www.iqytechnicalcollege.com/studyrecordmyanmar.pdf
BL506 Land Law
of Myanmar
www.highlightcomputer.com/BL506LandLawofMyanmar.pdf
Study
Record
http://www.iqytechnicalcollege.com/studyrecordmyanmar.pdf
BL506 Land usage
Permission Certificate
www.highlightcomputer.com/BL506LandusagePermissionCertificate.pdf
Study
Record
http://www.iqytechnicalcollege.com/studyrecordmyanmar.pdf
BL507 International Environment Law
www.highlightcomputer.com/BL507InternationalEnvironmentLaw.pdf
Study
Record
http://www.iqytechnicalcollege.com/studyrecordmyanmar.pdf
BL508 Law of Tort
www.highlightcomputer.com/BL508LawOfTort.pdf
Study
Record
http://www.iqytechnicalcollege.com/studyrecordmyanmar.pdf
BL509 Military Law
www.highlightcomputer.com/BL509MilitaryLaw.pdf
Study
Record
http://www.iqytechnicalcollege.com/studyrecordmyanmar.pdf
BL510 Myanmar Martitime Law
www.highlightcomputer.com/BL510MyanmarMartitimeLaw.pdf
Study
Record
http://www.iqytechnicalcollege.com/studyrecordmyanmar.pdf
BL510 Myanmar
Ocean Law
www.highlightcomputer.com/BL510MyanmarOceanLaw.pdf
Study
Record
http://www.iqytechnicalcollege.com/studyrecordmyanmar.pdf
BL510 UN Ocean
Law
www.highlightcomputer.com/BL510UNOceanLaw.pdf
Study
Record
http://www.iqytechnicalcollege.com/studyrecordmyanmar.pdf
BL511 Law of Commercial Arbitration
www.highlightcomputer.com/BL511LawofCommercialArbitration.pdf
Study
Record
http://www.iqytechnicalcollege.com/studyrecordmyanmar.pdf
BAE512LawOfInternationbalInstitutions
www.highlightcomputer.com/BAE512LawOfInternationbalInstitutions.pdf
Study
Record
http://www.iqytechnicalcollege.com/studyrecordmyanmar.pdf
Legal Database
Access 2010
www.highlightcomputer.com/Access2010.zip
Basic Computer Training and MS Office Applications
http://www.iqytechnicalcollege.com/advdipit.htm#z1
Study ICT101+102
http://www.iqytechnicalcollege.com/Day
4 Part 2 Mgt 108 Computer Application in Management.zip
www.iqytechnicalcollege.com/Mgt108.zip
Legal Data Record Example
www.highlightcomputer.com/LegalDataBaseExample.zip
UNIT GROUP 2605 LAWYERS
Lawyers advise clients on legal matters, draw
up documents, draft legislation, and negotiate, prepare
and conduct court cases on behalf of individuals, corporations or Government.
SKILL LEVEL
The entry requirement for this unit group is a 4-5 year
degree or post-graduate degree. 1 year on-the-job
training is usual.
DUTIES include:
• preparing cases by investigating
circumstances, researching statutes and previous court decisions • briefing
other legal professionals
• representing clients in court
• advising
on legal, constitutional or parliamentary matters
• drawing up wills, documents relating
to court matters, sale and purchase of land, leases and mortgages
• liaising
with other law firms and relevant organisations
•
researching and preparing reports /proposals on law reform and administration
Definition of Para-Legal
Services. Para-Legal services are the supportive services of
a lawyer.
Following are some of the
examples of specialized Para-legal
services [12]
:-
1. Legal Transcription
2. Document management
3. Deposition summary
4. Legal billing
5. Legal coding
6. Scoping and court
reporting services
7. Legal Translation
8. Data entry service
9. Secretarial and paralegal
business process services
10. E-filling service
11. OCR and scanning service
In addition, some
employers may ask for qualifications such as:
·
a paralegal practice award, certificate, diploma or higher diploma.
·
a legal secretary certificate or diploma.
·
an award in legal studies.
·
an HNC/HND or foundation degree in law, legal studies
or paralegal practice.
·
a law degree.
What does a paralegal do?
Paralegals
can be thought of as lawyer’s assistants; they do everything from conducting
research on laws and cases to drafting legal documents and compiling evidence
to be used in court. They help lawyers get ready for trial by writing reports,
demonstrating exhibits and filing appeals with the
opposing counsel. Because of their extensive work on cases, paralegals are able to bill clients for their work, whereas legal
assistants cannot.
In
addition, paralegals are able to specialize in
certain areas such as criminal law, family law, real estate law and immigration
law. Depending on the area in which they choose to work, their duties will
vary.
What does a legal assistant do?
The term “legal
assistant” is sometimes thrown out interchangeably with several titles,
including administrative assistant, legal secretary and even paralegal. For a
more comprehensive comparison, we will be using the definition of a legal
secretary vs. paralegals, as there are more distinct differences between the
two.
Legal
secretaries perform more administrative tasks than paralegals. They can be
found preparing legal documents such as subpoenas, answering phones, using
scheduling software to keep track of appointments and other secretarial duties.
Paralegal vs. legal assistant: Skills needed
For a
better understanding of what is required for paralegals vs. legal assistants,
we used real-time job analysis software to examine job postings from the past
12 months. The data helped us identify some of the top skills employers are
seeking from each position. Here’s what we found:
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Top skills employers seek |
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Top skills for
paralegal1 |
Top skills for
legal assistants2 |
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Litigation |
Administrative Support |
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Microsoft Office |
Microsoft Office |
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Legal Documentation |
Scheduling |
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Legal Research |
Legal Support |
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Legal Document Composition |
Data entry |
As you can see, there is a slight overlap in skills, but there
are different specialized tasks for each position. Paralegals are more involved
with the actual technicalities of the law, whereas legal assistants undertake
broader tasks. If you are looking for a more hands-on law career, becoming a
paralegal may interest you more. However, becoming a legal assistant first
could be a great way to find out if you enjoy working in the field before
committing to school.
Paralegal vs. legal assistant: Experience
Approximately
58 percent of paralegal job postings ask for three to five years of experience,
with 35 percent of job postings being entry level, requiring zero to two years
of experience.1 Being a legal secretary is more suitable for
those with less experience working in a law firm, with 44 percent of job
postings at the entry level (0–2 years of experience).2
“In order
to get hired by a law firm as either a paralegal or a legal secretary, often
times some type of experience is required,” says Vincent DeLuca of Villani & DeLuca, P.C. Don’t have experience?
DeLuca suggests interning during the summer at a legal firm, as some law firms
will go on to hire interns full time.
Once
interns gain experience, the law field is easier to navigate. “Once placed with
a firm, both paralegals and legal secretaries have long tenures with the firm
they’re at,” says DeLuca. Lawyers are dependent on their paralegals and
secretaries, so once they have someone they know is
reliable and trustworthy, they are hesitant to make any changes.
Paralegal vs. legal assistant: Salary & job
outlook
According
to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, legal secretaries report
a median annual wage of $44,180. In comparison, the 2016 median annual wage
for paralegals was
$49,500.3 This salary can increase depending on the
employer—for example, paralegals who work in corporate settings can expect to
make more than those who work for non-profits that may have limited resources.
Paralegal
and legal assistant jobs will see a steady growth as
law firms look to cut costs; this is because paralegals bill at a much lower
rate than lawyers and can do many of the same tasks as a newly graduated
lawyer, but they are a more appealing hire to firms.
“Without
question both legal secretaries and paralegals will always be in high demand,”
says DeLuca.
Paralegal vs. legal assistant: Education
requirements
Whether
you’re considering a career as a paralegal or as a legal assistant, the first
step you’ll need to take for either is determining what education you need. According
to the BLS, paralegals need at least a Paralegal Associate’s degree.
Legal
secretaries do not need a post-secondary degree. Forty-one percent of legal
secretary jobs only require a high school diploma. For those looking to get a
feel for working in law before committing to extra schooling, a job as a legal
secretary could be the perfect starting point.
The bottom line
A career
in law can be extremely rewarding for the right person, but with several career
options available, it’s important to understand which position you’d enjoy
most. Now that you know what the differences are between a paralegal vs. a legal
assistant, you have already begun your journey to your dream career in law.
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