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Mansi Aggarwal   01 March 2021

Paralegal

I want to ask that is the profession of paralegal recognized in India? How to become a paralegal? And is it true that you do not have to qualify BCI exam for that?


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Real Soul.... (LEGAL)     01 March 2021

Paralegal is  well requiered in almost every legal department. It is just like a documentaion backup , or clerk in office or courts. You don need to qualify any exam just even having expeirnece alone with SSC pass can be a good paralegal even.

Kevin Moses Paul   01 March 2021

A paralegal is the professional of legal science that performs procedures autonomously or semi autonomously, as part of a legal assistance system, and performs tasks that require understanding of the legislation for its proper execution. They also work in support or assist professionals related to the legal area of a consultative or judicial litigation nature. Its labor market is broad, including consultancies, companies that have legal departments or that perform legislation compliance activities such as: environmental, labor, controlled products, product registration, trademarks and patents, tax, bidding, among others. Legal offices and public bodies also have many paralegals in support activities although they do not yet use the correct name of the profession.

However, to be precise with your query, Paralegals do not exist in India.

Though informally, everyone who starts out at a law firm or under a lawyer, starts as a para legal. They just draft stuff, research on cases and such stuff.

Paralegal is defined as a person who is qualified through education, training or work experience to perform substantive legal work.

This requires knowledge of legal concepts and are not exclusively performed by a lawyer.

I hope the above given information helps you clear your doubts.

Regards
Kevin M. Paul

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