Des Moines Area Community College
Legal assistant /Paralegal Program at Des Moines Area Community College
The Legal Assistant/Paralegal Program at Des Moines Area Community College prepares students to work for busy lawyers who typically need help to perform a variety of important, and sometimes tedious, legal services on a daily basis.
They are find work in a number of different places, such as:
- private law firms
- courts
- public agencies
- legal departments of the large companies
- and some even work in other departments that are linked to law, like:
- investigation
- collections
- bank trust departments
The United States Department of Labor projects that from now through the year 2014, employment opportunities for paralegals and legal assistants will see above-average growth. The American Bar Association readily endorses this program.
Legal assistants and Paralegals may not provide legal services directly to the public and must work under the supervision of a lawyer.