The Paralegal: A New Career

Lawyers are much in demand these days -- overworked and as some would claim overpriced. More and more people find themselves needing legal advice in such matters as making a will buying a house defending a suit for damages (or entering one) starting a business securing ones rights as a consumer obtaining a divorce. How is the gap to be bridged between the supply of lawyers and demand for services? One answer growing in popularity everywhere is the paralegal also called the lawyers assistant legal assistant paralegal assistant or paralegal associate.