I have an Associates degree in paralegal and I did a 10 week unpaid internship at a place that wasn't hiring but needed the extra help. I can't find any openings requiring anything less than 3 years experience. I can't do another internship because I have to get money and I currently have a full-time job doing office work. I want to find a paralegal job to make more money and provide more for my two kids. Can anyone help me?
2006-12-28 06:22:32 · 4 answers · asked by Von 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment
try sending your resume with a cover letter to local attorneys and law firms. explain why you want to work for them, why you like being a paralegal. try doing internships. join a paralegal association, try to attend their meetings. be a public notary.
good luck
2006-12-28 06:25:55 · answer #1 · answered by qq5121971 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check for ads at local colleges with paralegal programs. Post on Monster, Yahoo Jobs, and other online sites. Check Craigslist. See if there's a legal publication that has job postings. California has the Daily Journal. People looking for law jobs check its classified section every day (online). Maybe your state has something like that.
Mailing letters has a pretty low success rate so if you've got two kids to support, I'd leave that option last. I'd rather cold call law firms to ask if they have any openings before mailing them an unsolicited letter.
2006-12-28 06:32:51 · answer #2 · answered by Linkin 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have contemplated this very same problem. You have a major advantage over most, you have a college degree in that particular field. I would suggest that you look to merge your office job experience with your paralegal career of choice. You could work as a legal secretary, this is often viewed as in the same occupational field as that of paralegal and yet strangely, these two jobs are very distinct, yet you will gain experience in that field. You can do this in a couple of ways, you can work for a temporary placement agency as often legal secretaries out on maternity leave will have their position filled by a temp rather than a new hire, or secondly, you can volunteer to work for a law firm as a freelance, you can only accomplish this through professional contacts and referrals.
2006-12-28 06:33:53 · answer #3 · answered by marc_adams18 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋
you could try to apply for any positions in a law firm, then if there any position in legal assistant you could try to apply for it, what I'm trying to say is start low then work your way up, I know cause I work for a law firm in the city
2006-12-28 06:28:06 · answer #4 · answered by johnlee1049 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋