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Everything you need to achieve success is within easy reach at Amarillo College, including a team of enthusiastic faculty and staff who are fully committed to helping you realize your dreams. Nothing takes precedence at AC over your success.
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Amarillo College is the most-affordable choice for quality higher education in the Panhandle and offers many ways to support your financial investment.
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A paralegal (or legal assistant) is a person qualified by education, training, or work experience who is employed or retained by a lawyer, law office, corporation, governmental agency, or other entity, who performs specifically delegated substantive legal work, for which a lawyer is responsible. (American Bar Association and National Association of Legal Assistants)
Paralegal students learn to perform substantive legal work that requires extensive knowledge of legal concepts. A paralegals primary duties are document management, client relations, and legal research. Other tasks include:
One of the most interesting aspects of the paralegal profession is you will work for many different clients on a wide variety of projects. While attorneys assume the ultimate responsibility for legal work, they seek the assistance of paralegals in all phases of case management and trial preparation. Paralegals pursue careers with:
Restrictions Paralegals are prohibited from providing legal services to the public except as permitted by law.It is considered the Unauthorized Practice of Law for a paralegal to engage in any of the following activities:
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