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Paralegals Can Become Attorneys. There are paralegals who have become attorneys, and you can tooâ¦if youâre willing to commit yourself to a few more years of hard work. The major benefit to advancing from a paralegal to an attorney is that itâs not that big of a career stretch. You are already doing most of the work of an attorney right now.
Contrary to the inaccurate impression given by some others, you do not need any qualifications at all to become a paralegal - it is an unregulated profession. You become a paralegal by getting a job as a paralegal. You do not even need to be a member of the Institute (or anyone else) although we highly recommended IOP membership/continued membership if you plan on being a professional paralegal and having a career in the law. There are circa 250,000 paralegals, of whom some 60,000 work in solicitors' firms.