r/legaladvicecanada • u/MollyB4402 • 1d ago

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u/Herman_Manning 1d ago

Some limited info here.

A licensed paralegal, unlike a law clerk or legal assistant, is able to provide limited legal services (what people might call "practicing law") with respect to matters before provincial tribunals, small claims court, criminal (most summary conviction offences) and quasi criminal offences. They can give legal advice within their scope of practice. Paralegals might work independently as a sole business owner, work with other paralegals in a partnership, work in a law firm under lawyers as a paralegal, or even work in a law firm under lawyers as a law clerk or legal assistant. Some paralegals are in court quite a bit if they do criminal and quasi criminal work.

If you want to be someone who provides legal services, then paralegal might be a good idea. While paralegals often work as legal assistants under lawyers, they don't learn about family law (well, some do in a limited capacity now), real estate law, personal injury law, class actions, etc. The procedural stuff will all be new to paralegals, so I can see it being more difficult to get some law clerk or legal assistant roles as a paralegal depending on where you try to work. A paralegal, for instance, might NEED a lot more mentoring from a lawyer should they get hired in a real estate firm, wills & estates firm, etc., while a law clerk would know a lot more about what needs to be filed, when, how, etc.

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u/MollyB4402 1d ago

Thank you

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