The field of law is challenging, rewarding, and intellectually stimulating and paralegals are at the forefront of this burgeoning profession.
“Employment for paralegals and legal assistants is projected to increase 27 percent or more through 2014. Employers are trying to reduce costs and increase the availability and efficiency of legal services by hiring paralegals to perform tasks formerly carried out by lawyers.
Private law firms will continue to be the largest employers of paralegals, but a growing array of other organizations, such as corporate legal departments, insurance companies, real estate and title insurance firms, and banks hire paralegals. Corporations in particular are boosting their in-house legal departments to cut costs. Demand for paralegals also is expected to grow as an expanding population increasingly requires legal services, especially in areas such as intellectual property, health care, international law, elder issues, criminal law, and environmental law.“
***Taken from the U.S. Department of Labor/Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Outlook Handbook