In California, the terms “legal assistant” and “paralegal” have the same meaning. Additionally, California law provides that you must be a California certified paralegal to use either name. Notably, Business & Professions Code § 6450 is the place where you will find these requirements.
Please take note that LW Greenberg Esq has written several law books and textbooks just for legal assistants. Notably, books written by LW Greenberg Esq provide the essential and necessary skills that these legal professionals need to be successful. Although, LW Greenberg has written many books, only books that are available on amazon.com are shown below.
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Chapter 1 of The 2021 Edition of California Family Law Handbook for Paralegals was written just for these legal professionals.
Notably, the following books are just for paralegal books.
Surprizingly, there are only a few books on the market today that were actually written just for legal assistants. Of course, some of the books used in paralegal classrooms have the word “paralegal” in the title. However, many of those books were written for law students or other legal professionals. Unsurprisingly, they were not books written “just for” paralegals.
Please take note that LW Greenberg Esq writes books and textbooks just for California legal assistants.
First of all, when paralegals are required to use law books instead of paralegal books, it is like giving a mechanic’s assistant a book on auto repair and expecting the assistant to repair the car. Obviously, the assistant cannot just repair the car using a book. Importantly, there is a step that is missing. Of course, the missing step is the learning “how to do” step. Unsurprisingly, the teacher of paralegals must first know that a step is missing. Secondly, the teacher must be able to adequately explain about the missing step. Understandably, if the teacher does not know about the missing step OR cannot explain the missing step, the paralegal does not learn what the paralegal needs to learn to assist an attorney.
Importantly, books written just for paralegals explain information to a student just beginning to study law. Notably, law books include the law that paralegals need to know to be successful. However, these books are harder to understand and used by professors who know what law students need to know. Hopefully, the professors explain the law to their students from these books. But paralegals need to know how to assist attorneys in their practice. This is a completely different focus. That is the biggest difference between teaching paralegals using law textbooks and teaching paralegals using paralegal books.
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