Why the Traditional Paralegal Doesn't Stand a Chance August 2014 | Page 4

The Empowered Client

The client has become empowered.
It’s guidance by clicks. Search google
- find out what you need to know and
eliminate pricey teleconference calls
to lawyers who in turn do not need to
call upon paralegals.

Virtual Paralegals & eLawyering

This trend may also be a result of
years of new working methods:
telecommuting. Either way, it is a
new way to reach clients. No
longer is it necessary for lawyers
to have bricks and mortar law
firms. Clients simply reach out
through the Internet.
The Net Generation

A hot arena now is the Virtual

The twenty-something

Paralegal. Paralegals can work from
home for any law firm in the country.

generation has grown up with
computers while Baby Boomers
did not. It’s important to realize
that the Net Generation is used to
communicating via online
communities while Baby
Boomers are used to
communicating oneon-one, face-to-face.

eLawyering is another viable resource
for clients and law firms alike and is
becoming more popular. This may be
a result of the recession when many
law students (no matter what law
school attended), could not get jobs
and turned to virtual lawyering.