By Amanda Hamilton, Patron. National Association of Licensed Paralegals
Coming to Netflix this Christmas, New York Paralegals – an exciting new legal dramedy showcasing the Big Apple’s most diverse yet uniformly attractive paralegal firm. It will never happen. In the USA a paralegal is not authorised to practise law and can only assist attorneys in research and drafting documents. Not very sexy. We’ll have to wait for Channel 4 to commission something UK based (where working as an independent paralegal practitioner is permitted).
While we wait for New Malden Paralegals (diverse and uniformly quirky), actual paralegal firms in the UK are gaining popularity with the paying public as the cost-of-living bites and solicitor fees feel increasingly eyewatering. However, a paralegal practitioner i...