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Legal assistants are often consider assistants to the paralegals in the law firm. Many legal assistants are in charge of keeping trial records, filing and some research that is needed by the paralegal and attorneys.
The median annual wage for paralegals and legal assistants was $49,500 in May 2016. Job Outlook. Employment of paralegals and legal assistants is projected to grow 15 percent from 2016 to 2026, much faster than the average for all occupations. As law firms try to increase the efficiency of legal services and reduce their costs, they are expected to hire more paralegals and legal assistants. In these cases, paralegals and legal assistants can take on a âhybridâ role within the firm, performing not only traditional paralegal duties but also some of the tasks previously assigned to legal secretaries or other legal support workers.