Civil Rights Legal Assistants are finding an increased demand in the niche of civil rights attorneys, i.e. for serving clients with alternate lifestyles, i.e. gays, bisexuals, lesbians and transgender. This is largely because of the increased awareness about civil rights that has led to overturning of sodomy laws and recognition of gay marriages across many states. This has also encouraged civil rights activists to ask for a constitutional amendment in the niche of marriage laws indicating that marriage should be allowed only among members of the opposite sex. Legal Assistants have conventionally found employment across all niches of the law, including civil law but now, they are being increasingly demanded by legal firms that seek to take-up cases related to Transgender Rights. Civil Rights Legal Assistants is essentially a legal and administrative point-of-support for the LGBT or Transgender Rights Attorney.

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The profile of a Civil Rights Paralegal requires certain basics skills such as the ability to work beyond the stipulated hours. The paralegal should have excellent writing/drafting ability apart from analytical skills and the ability to take upon organizational or managerial duties. The paralegal should have great interpersonal skills since clients and legal personnel from legal/public departments are a necessity in this profile.

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Civil Rights Paralegals are essentially the most important, back-office support staff of civil law attorneys. They are required to take upon a range of legal and administrative duties for their office. This involves preparation of legal briefs, conducting legal research or conducting client profile checks. These professionals are also called Legal Assistants. Their range of duties is seldom defined. They are entrusted with nearly every responsibility that is handled by the attorney himself. This includes preparing legal documents, filing papers on behalf of the attorney/client and performing non-legal research apart from maintaining case files and other workplace organizational systems. The Legal Assistant might also be asked to correspond with potential clients via the phone/email who are seeking legal consultation. Here, Legal Assistants are required to gather information and do a pre-screening to separate ‘actual’ clients from ‘potential’ clients.

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