Iowa Lakes Community College

Become a paralegal specialist at Iowa Lakes Community College

A paralegal can work in many venues (business, a lawyer's private practice, for a legal team, social or governmental agency) but must be supervised in his/her tasks by a lawyer and have taken classes or on-the-job training beforehand to be eligible for the job.

These typical legal task which include:

• assessing cases
• carrying out client and witness interviews
• outlining court pleadings and motions
• performing legal research
• preparing legal documents like:
  • contracts
  • wills
  • and deeds
• managing and arranging case files
• and assisting attorneys in the preparation for trials and hearings

To rigorously prepare future paralegals to provide professional support services to the legal community in proficient, attentive, and principled manner, is the mission of our program.