0 someone who works in a law company, or a company's legal department, and has some legal training, but does not have all the qualifications to be a lawyer --
1 a person with some legal training whose job is to help lawyers: --
According to annual statistics kept by this district attorney's office protective order paralegals interview an average of 300 applicants each month.
During this initial question and answer period, the paralegal asks the applicant questions to which she wants one-word or phrasal answers.
This is not to say that the role of the paralegal is beneficial solely to protective order applicants.
Interviews generally begin with the paralegal's explanation of how the conversation should flow.
The most common types of cases paralegals were involved in were land disputes (30 %), followed by cases of marital disputes and domestic violence (14 % each).
The greatest political effect of paralegals' work might well come from cases that directly involved assisting citizens facing harassment from local authorities.
In ex. 5, a paralegal from a different case uses questions to move the victim's telling along toward the resolution.
The paralegal does not refer to the translation in any way.
