Paralegal Mara Has Been Working for a Plaintiff's Personal Injury

question 5

Multiple Choice

Paralegal Mara has been working for a plaintiff's personal injury firm for 4 years and is looking for a change. She's thinking about a job with a real estate firm, but she has no experience in that area. Options for Mara are

• A) reading some real estate practice manuals and articles about the duties that paralegals have in that area of the law.
• B) going back to school to take some courses in real estate and related topics.
• C) taking some continuing legal education courses through her local paralegal or bar organization.
• D) taking some courses at school, or through continuing education, and doing some independent reading in practice manuals and other professional publications.

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