Lawyer/Paralegal Ratio: Case Study

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There are many Legal culture groups, so when joining or interviewing for a position insure you understand the following:
Partner/Associate or Lawyer/Paralegal Ratio:
For Lawyers law firms are either a Partnership or an Association. A partnership some Lawyers are partners with equal shares and blanket insurance, so if a partner fails a care it reflects on all partners, and associates carry their own insurance and are solely responsible for their failures. In an association, one Lawyer is the owner and has their own insurance, and the associate has their own insurance and failures only reflect on the person handling the case.
In a Lawyer/Paralegal ratio, the Lawyer carries the insurance and is solely responsible for the actions of the Paralegal. …show more content…

Does the Lawyer do this or does the Paralegal, is there a committee? My Lawyer dictated everything, who, how, when, and time limit, thinking that everything should take less time than actually necessary. As I learned working toward my Bachelor’s degree in Paralegal Studies, I discovered there were things and procedures that we were improperly doing. Some were actually criminal, when I brought the areas that we needed to change to her attention. She did not want to hear that, it was her business and anyway I was just a Paralegal and she had a Juris Doctorate degree and a Licensed Lawyer (Werner, …show more content…

Also how clients see client services such as communication, greeting, making them comfortable, accurate case status’, and the resolution of situations. Actual public opinion is low (Werner, 2005).
The first divorce I ever worked was a couple that was fighting over every little thing. I sat in on the Lawyer interview, so I could learn and do them from now on, and listed everything, bank accounts, guns, house, outstanding payments, child information, and vehicles. Once I had all this information, I was supposed to fill out the divorce complaint, notice of hearing, complainant personal information, divorce agreement, and finial decree of divorce. I drafted everything up and gave it and the interview notes to the Lawyer for review. She had me change a couple of things but they were ready for signatures. She met with the couple, they read it over looking for discrepancies, and signed the documents. Next working day I filed the documents and set the day of hearing. The judge signed the divorce 90 days later and they were

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