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• Article from Firm Magazine - A Place at the Top Table

Article from Firm Magazine - A Place at the Top Table

Everything is about to change for the 10,000 law workers employed vaguely as "paralegals". Lisa Marie Ferla reports as the Law Society prepares to endorse registration of law's overlooked talent.

They're working in legal offices in ever increasing numbers, and taking on greater areas of responsibility.  If one trend has stood out in recent years, it has been the emergence of Scotland's paralegals.

And if the decade has seen a quiet revolution in the makeup of the legal profession, then 2010 is set to be the Year of the Paralegal.  January sees the final part of the consultation stage of the proposed Law Society Registered Paralegal proposals draw to a close, and together with project partners the Scottish Paralegal Association (SPA) the Society are looking for you to take part.

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