paralegal

[par-uh-lee-guhl]

noun

1. an attorney's assistant, not admitted to the practice of law but trained to perform certain legal tasks.

adjective

1. of or relating to a paralegal or paralegals.

   a paralegal career.

paralegal

/ ˌpærəˈliːɡəl /

noun

1. a person trained to undertake legal work but not qualified as a professional solicitor or barrister

adjective

1. of or designating such a person

Word History and Origins

Origin of paralegal¹

First recorded in 1970–75; para- ¹ + legal

Example Sentences

"One of my friends got an opportunity to do a legal internship through this paralegal event that I wasn't able to go to because I was at work," she says.

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Before AI becomes a mass creator of jobs, it will visibly cost those of clerks, junior accountants, paralegals, and creatives.

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Pirro recently revealed that she is getting help from military lawyers, because her office is short 90 prosecutors, as well as 60 investigators and paralegals.

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Bonta said much of the $5 million his office has spent to date was used to pay for in-house attorneys and paralegals, and that none has been spent on outside counsel.

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“My whole family is attorneys,” said Taylor, a probate paralegal.

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