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Article #199: The Role Of The Paralegal Or Legal Assistant In The Criminal Justice Field

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Paralegal or Legal Assistant is an point above that paralegals cannot give
exciting profession in the Criminal legal advice. It also underlines the
Justice field. It is hard to imagine a point that they identify themselves as
law office without a paralegal. They can such.
be described as the right hand of the 3. Legal assistants can research and
lawyer. In this article I examine the prepare legal documents. Paralegals do
role of the paralegal or legal assistant acquire the training and experience
in the criminal justice field. necessary to prepare legal documents. All
The legal assistant as the name suggests the lawyer has to do is double check the
is there to assist the lawyer. It is work to make sure it meets the legal
vitally important to know that the requirements that such document requires.
paralegal cannot give legal advice or act Again, I don't have to tell what a
as a lawyer. What the paralegal does must valuable timesaver this is to a lawyer.
be under the supervision of a lawyer. The 4. The paralegal can attend court trials.
paralegal can do the following under the In this case, they help the lawyer with
watchful eye of a lawyer: the case files. This way the lawyer is
1. The paralegal can conduct client not fumbling in court looking for files
interviews. They must identify themselves or evidence. The paralegal is there to
as paralegals to the client before keep him or her organized.
starting the interview. In this instance, I can write more volume on the role of
the legal assistant helps the lawyer the legal assistant or paralegal in the
ascertain the facts of a case by talking criminal justice field, but you get the
to the client. This saves the lawyer point. It is indeed an exciting
valuable time. The lawyer can use that profession. Think of all the intriguing
time to work on strategies for the case. things that can be involved in a legal
2. The legal assistant can locate and case. As a paralegal, you can be in the
interview witnesses. If you watched the middle of it all.
movie Erin Brockovich, you saw Julia Note: You are free to reprint or
Roberts play the role of a paralegal that republish this article. The only
locates and interviews clients. In one of condition is that the Resource Box should
the scenes, she clearly states that she be included and the links are live links.
is not a lawyer. This underlines the






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