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Questions for me?
Kristyan "Rose" Gilmore, M.A., Esq.
(914)606-6972
kg20@sunywcc.edu
breaking into the legal field
What is a paralegal?
What a paralegal "is not"
Are there jobs available?
The Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics projects job sector growth at the national level.
http://www.bls.gov/ooh/legal/paralegals-and-legal-assistants.htm#tab-1
How much can you earn?
Wages in our area are higher than state and national median wages for paralegals/legal assistants.
http://www.careerinfonet.org/wages2.asp?printer=true&next=wages2&level=&optstatus=111111111&id=1&nodeid=208&soccode=232011&stfips=36&jobfam=23&SOC=232011&menuMode=&MSA=23-035644&x=78&y=13
What are the next steps?
How can I get there?
1. Questions for you
- Associates Degree of Certificate?
- Ever attended WCC?
- Full or Part time?
2. Apply to the college (preferably online)
3. Submit official transcripts
Westchester Community College offers:
- ABA approved programs
- Certificate (30 hours)
- Associates degree (60 hours)
- Applied learning-
- internships
- cooperative education
- DOL career pathways partnership
- Technical skills attainment
- computer applications
- Access to legal industry professionals
- your professors are future employers
4. Meet with adviser and register (see college catalog for degree requirements)
- PRLGL 101 Intro to Paralegal
- PRLGL 102 Legal Research & Writing
- PRLGL 116 Computer Applications for the Law Office
- 1 or 2 PRLGL electives