The legal virtual assistant has moved from novelty to a genuine staffing alternative, and that shift has created understandable confusion about how these roles stack up against traditional paralegals.

If you want to become a paralegal, consider completing a paralegal certification training program. Although there isn’t a national or industrywide education requirement for paralegals, you typically ...

Paralegals are traditionally seen as the unskilled version of a solicitor or barrister – doing much of the background paperwork but not representing a client by themselves or undertaking court work.