Talk:Paralegal

message: What is the purpose of the rather significant comments concerning lack of ANSI/NCCA approval for the major industry certification standards in the US paralegal profession?  There are a number of non-"approved" industry certifications that are used in the United States (I will not presume to speak for other countries) in many different professions, and the real purpose of those comments seems to be to dismiss voluntary paralegal certification as something that doesn't mean anything.  The comparison to unaccredited university degrees seems particularly inappropriate and off-topic for this article.  Please consider removing and/or reducing this portion to, at maximum, a single sentence. 108.64.125.7 (talk) 20:24, 20 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: ANSI/NCCA Comments in US Certification Section

message: Paralegals have been licensed by the Law Society of Upper Canada since 2008 (under the mandate of the Ministry of the Attorney General) to represent their own clients in court and provide legal services at various courts and at Agencies, Boards, Commissions and Tribunals, once they have completed the regulated educational parameters, concluded the mandatory internship, passed regulatory exams, and acquired the mandated liability insurance.
In addition to be legal services providers (on their own), they can also work for paralegal or law firms, as employees or contractors. They are authorized to offer legal services in the same way as lawyers, are officers of the court (i.e. considered a formal part of the legal system) and are subject to government-/court-sanctioned rules of conduct.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.250.121.123 (talk) 17:14, 1 June 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Paralegals in Ontario, Canada 

message: This should be removed. It is an insulting quote
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A Paralegal is a non-lawyer who assist lawyers in their legal work.
Paralegals are not lawyers. They are not authorized by the government or anyone to offer legal services in the same way, nor are they officers of the court (i.e. considered a formal part of the legal system), nor are they usually subject to government-/court-sanctioned rules of conduct.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 221.127.26.212 (talk) 09:48, 24 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Paralegals section name

message: Is a Legal Executive in England and Wales equivalent to a paralegal in the US? Legal executives in England and Wales must undergo a training course set by the Institute of Legal Executives (ILEX) and are strictly different from legal secretaries. I don't know if the term "paralegal" is ever used in England and Wales, and I think it would be useful to clear up this point in the article, which doesn't really mention any jurisdictions outside the US. Walton monarchist89 11:03, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: *No, in England a legal executive is a type of lawyer along with solicitors and barristers.71.163.195.52 23:57, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

text: *I am sorry, but I have never heard of a "legal executive."  Take a look at the definition of a paralegal and what paralegals do at work, and see if the description of a paralegal matches up with what you call a "legal executive."  I know that we don't have anyone with that title here in the United States.  I'd be interested to know if you guys call Paralegals "legal executives."  Stiles 01:58, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

text: *I did not mean to come off as patronising.  That wasn't my intention.  Thank you for answering his question.  Stiles 21:26, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: England: Legal Executives and Paralegals

message: Lead is too small, see WP:LEAD, references is only a few external links, I'm positive that books can be found, Thanks --Jaranda wat's sup 20:41, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  FailedGA 

message: It appears that a large of sections in this article are copyvios from http://www.paralegalcertification.biz/Paralegal-Titles.asp and related articles on that page.  (No copyright notice, but it is a commercial site, since it has google ads).  I'm going to do my best to remove the infringing sections and the article will have to be reworked from there. Peyna 14:13, 25 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I decided to hold off on this until I can be more certain this is a copyvio; it does smell like one (lack of links, identical content, etc.), but my concern is that the site I referenced may be some kind of wikipedia mirror that isn't properly acknowledging that. Peyna 14:17, 25 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Copyvio 

message: I'm a huge fan of L&O, but this sentence just doesn't make sense:
:When opposing counsel on the television program Law & Order dramatically produces a motion and brief from his or her coat pocket or briefcase at the proper moment, it is often the case that a team of unnamed paralegals, law clerks, and/or junior associate attorneys had a lot to do with it.
Oh?  I could have sworn that the prop people were involved.  The conflation of television and reality is jarring and misleading.  Is this sentence (and the rest of the paragraph it's in, under Paralegals in literature and television) even necessary? 76.27.94.3 (talk) 21:48, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unnecessary and/or innaccurate sentence 

message: Is there a restriction on a person's previous criminal background that would prevent him/her from becoming a Paralegal?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.99.163.63 (talk) 15:56, 1 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Criminal Background 

message: ~~UK225~~ 17th November 2008
Hello All. Firstly, as a new-boy to Wikipedia, apologies in advance if I have stepped on any toes or made changes in an inappropriate way. Cock-up not conspiracy!
As you'll have seen I made quite a lot of changes to the paralegal page. I was going to post on here first to see if people thought it was a good idea/okay, but seeing there have been so few posts over the past three years I didn't (obviously).
The main change I made was to turn the page from a US page to an international focus. The paralegal profession is now so international/widespread that the page needs to reflect that: especially as the American model (tied to the traditional legal/judicial system and regulated/validated by it) is not one that is being widely followed. For something so international we can't have America vs the world.
Of course I have left in 99.9% of what was already there - not for me to delete things if at all possible - but I hope the new page will be of wider relevance to most readers. As to the UK part, I amended it more heavily as it was badly out of date (mentioning a government department that no longer exists), often off-topic; wrong (saying that anyone can practice any type of law) and something of an advert for the National Association.
Again apologies if I have broken boundaries, but I think the article is better now.
--IP from 09/23/11--
FYI i removed the paralegal demand is growing due to its context (sounds off-beat for a wikipedia article) and also because the source is a deadlink  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.224.220.108 (talk) 23:21, 23 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Amendments to page 

message: In the German legal system, two different technical terms apply: Rechtsanwaltsfachangestellter and Rechtspfleger - I added a link to Rechtspfleger, but I am not sure if this violates any rules of editing (I am not experienced in Wikipedia editing...)
Please use this info as appropriate, thank you.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.184.128.17 (talk) 14:36, 1 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Links to German Wikipedia 

message: This article ought to be given a POV-check. It seems almost like a sales pitch at times of how great a career becoming a paralegal can be, how much you can earn, how the profession as a whole is on the up and up, yadda, yadda. 188.192.88.59 (talk) 21:55, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree, there was a lot of that stuff.  Myself and others have since cleaned all of that garbage off.--TDJankins (talk) 00:10, 8 December 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  POV-check 

message: Creeping spam has lead to a lowering of the standards for links from this article.  Let's clean it up and keep it so. Bearian (talk) 20:15, 11 October 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Concur.  Unfortunately, most paralegals (the persons most likely to edit this article) aren't exactly the brightest bunch, so it's going to be a pain in the neck keeping out the spam.  (I know a few really bright paralegals but they're extremely rare.) --Coolcaesar (talk) 06:01, 12 October 2011 (UTC)

text: Commenting (06:01, 12 October 2011) on editors and the profession is inappropriate. --Ronz (talk) 18:51, 3 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Spam 

message: Is an educated or trained person that helps an attorney perform duties such as case research, drafting documents, meeting clients, gathering information, filing documents and etc. A paralegal is an attorney assistant with legal knowledge without the authority to give legal advice or represent a client in court.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Szugras (talk • contribs) 20:04, 24 February 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  additional definition  

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