Paralegals are extremely valuable assets. I can recall from my time as a trainee solicitor, rotating teams every six months, often finding myself working alongside paralegals more experienced and more proficient than I,
a fresh-faced trainee straight
out of law school.
In fact, I often found that paralegals stayed late and went far beyond what was expected of them. They had billing targets and strong client relationships, yet for some reason they were paid less and received far less attention from learning and development programmes than the cohorts of trainee solicitors. The focus was on trainees, considered to be the partners of tomorrow. There was very little focus on the paralegals.
In two years, the trainees would qualify as solicitors, receive a practicing certificate from the
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