Date:    Thu, 30 Apr 1998 15:59:36 -0400
<br>From:    Fred Shapiro <fred.shapiro[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]YALE.EDU>
<br>Subject: Re: Paralegal (Shapiro, 1970)
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<br>On Thu, 30 Apr 1998, Bapopik wrote:
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<br>> WEEK.  "Paralegal" appears to have been coined by an Philadelphia lawyer
<br> named
<br>> Shapiro, in 1970.  (All true American lawyers are named Shapiro.)
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<br>Actually, the word is a little older than that:
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<br>1969 _Denver Law Journal_ 46: 392  The thesis of this article is that the
<br>legal profession can best respond to the increasing demand for legal
<br>services by providing some legal services through "paralegal" or
<br>"sublegal" personnel.
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<br>_Id._ 393  The "paralegal" is one who is not a lawyer, not under direct
<br>supervision of a lawyer, but who needs some legal training to do his job
<br>well.  Examples of paralegals are welfare workers, insurance adjusters,
<br>and probation officers.
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