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At the heart of the paralegal phenomenon is a legal-economics
argument. According to the laws of the United States, there are five
specific acts which only a licensed attorney can perform:
Establish the attorney-client relationship
Give legal advice
Sign legal papers and pleadings on behalf of a party
Appear in court on behalf of another (i.e. the client)*
Set and collect fees for legal services
*Except for a limited number of jurisdictions, including but not limited
to Social Security cases, wherein a non-attorney (Paralegal) can appear on
behalf of the client.
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Outside of those five specific acts reserved for an attorney only, the
paralegal can perform any task, including legal research, legal writing,
preparation of exhibits, as well as the mundane day-to-day tasks of case
management. The key is that the attorney is entirely responsible for the
actions of the paralegal, and, by signing documents prepared by the
paralegal, the attorney makes them his own.
Paralegals and legal document assistants (LDAs) are often mistaken for one another; however, in most
jurisdictions, including California paralegals are not permitted to
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