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"A legal assistant or paralegal is 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 who performs specifically delegated substantive legal work
for which a lawyer is responsible." (American Bar Association, 1997)
"A paralegal or legal assistant is a person
qualified by education, training, or work experience, who works under
the supervision of a member of The Florida Bar and who performs
specifically delegated substantive legal work for which a member of The
Florida Bar is responsible." (West's F.S.A. Bar Rule 10-2.1(b))
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