How to Use paralegal in a Sentence

paralegal

adjective
  • Natalie, who is a paralegal and part-time caregiver for her dad, loves her life.
    — Mark Davis, Newsweek, 15 Mar. 2025
  • Ditto for tedious paralegal tasks, or data entry, or even coding, or anything that any of the rest of us do to make a buck.
    — John Werner, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
  • Think of tasks in accounting, paralegal work or basic software testing.
    — Sho Dewan, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
  • Long had been studying to work in the legal realm and had earned her paralegal credentials before falling in love with ironwork.
    — oregonlive, 21 Aug. 2022
  • Meghan was introduced as paralegal Rachel Zane in season 1 of the drama.
    — Latoya Gayle, People.com, 21 Feb. 2025
  • For starters, when the phone rings one of three people - Andy, Bryn or their paralegal Racheal Gilbert - will answer it.
    — Georgann Yara, The Arizona Republic, 14 Oct. 2021
  • We’re not used to computers being able to contemplate doing the job of a paralegal, or a writer, for example.
    — John Werner, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
  • Callahan, who moved to downtown three years ago for her work as a paralegal, noticed the trend in her own apartment building where many of her neighbors are raising toddlers.
    — Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 12 May 2025
  • Heyer, a 32-year-old paralegal and civil rights activist, was killed, and nearly three dozen were injured during the attack.
    — Jonathan Limehouse, USA Today, 14 June 2025
  • Instead, the job fell to a paralegal assistant working remotely from a small city northwest of Atlanta.
    — Harriet Ryan, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2023
  • The 24-year-old New Yorker recently quit her paralegal job without a backup plan.
    — Washington Post, 24 Sep. 2021
  • Gauger, 76, retired as chief deputy after 51 years in the sheriff’s office and is a consultant and paralegal.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 23 July 2024
  • To avoid bringing down the heavy hand of the law on speech, we are supposed to be using a paralegal system of voluntary restraints, otherwise known as etiquette rules.
    — Judith Martin, oregonlive, 18 Apr. 2023
  • The funding will go toward attorney and paralegal salaries, office space, and assisting with court filings, Truex said.
    — Claire Law, BostonGlobe.com, 26 May 2023
  • So Ingram-Allen enrolled in paralegal classes at a community college and filed a lawsuit on her own.
    — Katie Mettler, Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2020
  • In the image, Meghan, who played paralegal Rachel Zane, can be seen lying on the floor barefoot with her feet resting on a cabinet.
    — Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 26 Sep. 2023
  • In her time on the team, LaMarche has been in the roles of paralegal, bailiff, detective, trial attorney and now a prosecution team captain.
    — Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Mar. 2025
  • Knight, along with his paralegal Meri Wright, have experienced highs and lows in their pursuit to exonerate Glossip.
    — Brynn Gingras, CNN, 10 Feb. 2023
  • Depending on the state, however, the average salary of a paralegal varies significantly.
    — Andrew Depietro, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2024
  • On May 10, two days after the daycare’s closure, Minton called a staff meeting with her corporate attorney and paralegal.
    — Ryan Murphy, IndyStar, 3 June 2025
  • Longtime Ariete customer Adrian Acosta describes one of his favorite waitresses who peeled off to go to paralegal school.
    — Washington Post, 8 May 2021
  • Brent’s mother, Gwen—a former police officer and paralegal—had always dreamed of retiring to Portugal.
    — Ingrid Abramovitch, Architectural Digest, 22 May 2026
  • One survey found that Washington paralegal practitioners charged a median of $100 per hour.
    — Michael Waters, The New Republic, 22 Nov. 2022
  • Westerheyde was inspired to pursue paralegal studies through a personal experience with a family law attorney who helped him gain full custody of his daughter.
    — Santa Ana College, Oc Register, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The future Duchess of Sussex previously said playing plucky paralegal Rachel Zane transformed her approach to clothes.
    — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Laib graduated from Temple University in 1994 and had hoped to become a lawyer before a mid-career shift from paralegal work to health care.
    — Jason Laughlin, Philly.com, 8 May 2018
  • For those in scientific research, paralegal work, accounting, analytics, graphic design and any entry-level desk job, the day when AI does your job might be just two to three years away.
    — Ian Bremmer, Time, 11 Aug. 2025
  • McDowell started earning credits toward a college degree and enrolled in a paralegal certification program through the mail.
    — Faith Karimi, CNN Money, 27 Dec. 2025
  • In her fight with Highmark, Sutton-Schulman leaned on her paralegal skills, beginning with reading the company’s coverage booklet from start to finish.
    — Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The legal filing says Johnson called the attorney general’s office three days after Arbery’s death and told a paralegal Barnhill had already accepted the case.
    — Russ Bynum, USA TODAY, 5 May 2022

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