23/01/2023
If you’ve ever asked yourself, “What is a legal assistant?”, you’re not alone. While the term may seem self-explanatory, legal assistants are not the same as paralegals.
While paralegals certainly have much to offer law firms, they fill a different role at a legal practice. Paralegals are focused on tackling substantive legal work on behalf of supervising attorneys. Conversely, though legal assistants also work on behalf of attorneys, they focus more on administrative support tasks. This distinction is more important than it may seem at first glance. Law firms who fail to recognize legal assistants’ unique roles may miss out on the value legal assistants can bring to a law firm.
