PARALEGALS AND LEGAL ASSISTANTS TEST

About PARALEGALS AND LEGAL ASSISTANTS TEST

Paralegals are an indispensable part of the legal system, providing support to attorneys, law offices, government agencies and corporations by researching legal precedent, performing investigative work on cases and preparing legal documents. A person qualified by education, training or work experience who is employed or retained by a lawyer, law office, corporation, governmental agency or other entity and who performs specifically delegated substantive legal work for which a lawyer is responsible. In every area of law, paralegals form the clerical support structure the legal system has come to rely on.

TYPICAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Case management: Coordinating all aspects of a case and ensuring appropriate steps are taken in a timely fashion.

• Drafting correspondence.

• Calendaring deadlines: Calculating legal deadlines and filing documents as required.

• Using automation system and computerized support to prepare cases.

• Drafting pleadings, document responses, and discoveries.

• Contacting and conferencing with clients.

• Analyzing and summarizing documents.

• Fact checking.

• Performing legal research.

• Attending to office matters

KEY SKILLS :

• Verbal Aptitude: Requires the ability to utilize consulting and advisory data and information, as well as reference, descriptive and/or design data and information as applicable.- Verbal Ability and Verbal Reasoning

• Mathematical Aptitude: Requires the ability to perform addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division; the ability to calculate decimals and percentages; the ability to utilize principles of fractions; and the ability to interpret graphs.- Quantitative Aptitude, Numerical Reasoning

• Creative problem-solving skills are essential- Abstract Reasoning, Quantitative Aptitude

• Proficient in Microsoft Office - MS Word, Excel Basics

• Requires the ability to exercise judgment, decisiveness, and creativity in situations involving evaluation of information against measurable or verifiable criteria – Logical Reasoning
   

Test Details: 97 minutes 

• Microsoft Office : 8 questions

• Quantitative : 20 questions

• Abstract Reasoning : 8 questions

• Numerical Reasoning : 8 questions

• Verbal Ability : 8 questions

• Verbal Reasoning  : 10 questions

• Logical Reasoning : 8 questions