Here at Above the Law, we predominantly concentrate on the employment statistics for lawyers, but what does the job market look like for paralegals right now?
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, paralegal jobs were projected to increase by about 18 percent between 2010 and 2020. But as we all know, thanks to the rise of technology in the legal profession, many paralegals and legal secretaries have been sidelined and forced out of their firms as the bulk of their duties have been automated.
In California, this is what one paralegal is doing in to occupy his time:
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