school

so I am going to school for criminal justice. There are so many things I want to do and try. I wanted to do forensics or detective work. But now, that I'm taking more and more classes, I'm really liking the law aspect of it all. I think I might become a paralegal and if I like that, then go on to be a lawyer. It something that I always wanted to do, but never thought I could. I just don't know if I want to go to school that much longer. But my teacher said it is worth it in the end. so we will see =)


If you don't know what a Paralegal is:
"A paralegal is a paraprofessional who assists qualified lawyers in their legal work. In a few jurisdictions, such as Ontario, Canada, paralegals are licensed and the profession is regulated, giving paralegals an independent status in the jurisdiction.
The definition of "paralegal" varies by country. In the United States, they are not authorized by the government or other agency to offer legal services in the same way, nor are they officers of the court, nor are they usually subject to government-/court-sanctioned rules of conduct. In contrast, in Ontario, Canada, paralegals are licensed and regulated the same way that lawyers are. In Ontario a paralegal license allows for the paralegal to provide permitted legal services to the public and appear before certain lower level courts and administrative tribunals.
In the United States, paralegals originated as assistants to lawyers at a time when only lawyers offered legal services. In those jurisdictions, such as the United States, where the local legal profession/judiciary is involved in paralegal recognition/accreditation, the profession of paralegal still basically refers to those people working under the direct supervision of a lawyer. The profession of paralegal varies greatly between the states, due to the fact that some states do require paralegals to be licensed. In other jurisdictions however, such as the United Kingdom, the lack of local legal profession/judiciary oversight means that the definition of paralegal encompasses non-lawyers doing legal work, regardless of whom they do it for. Although most jurisdictions recognize paralegals to a greater or lesser extent, there is no international consistency as to definition, job-role, status, terms and conditions of employment, training, regulation or anything else and so each jurisdiction must be looked at individually."