1. SLS CAREER CLUSTER
NAME: YARY MARIE RIOS
PROFESSOR: MS. MAZZOCHI
DATE AND TIME: 12/6/2011 AT 4:30

2. Part Three!
My career choice is Paralegal assistants: Assists lawyers by researching legal precedents, investigating
facts, or preparing legal documents. Conducts research to support a legal proceeding, to formulate a
defense, or to initiate legal action.
1: “Is This For You?” What does a person do in this career and are you still interested in this
field? Does this field match the results of your assessments? This career has always been my
number one choice. A Paralegals job is to assist lawyers in legal precedents, preparing legal
documents. Prepares affidavits or other documents, such as legal correspondence, and
organizes and maintains documents in paper or electronic filing system.
Prepares for trial by performing tasks such as organizing exhibits.
Prepares legal documents, including briefs, pleadings, appeals, wills, contracts, and real estate
closing statements.
Meets with clients and other professionals to discuss details of case.
Files pleadings with court clerk.
Gathers and analyzes research data, such as statutes, decisions, and legal articles, codes, and
documents.
Calls upon witnesses to testify at hearing.
Investigates facts and law of cases and searches pertinent sources, such as public records, to
determine causes of action and to prepare cases.
Directs and coordinates law office activity, including delivery of subpoenas.
“What to Learn” What type of degree or certification do you need for this career? For this career you
only need an Associate’s degree, but one must also have certain skills to this this job that for example
the following skills are important for this career:
Reading comprehension - medium (level 5)
Active listening - medium (level 4)
Writing - medium (level 4)
Speaking - medium (level 4)
Critical thinking - medium (level 3)
Active learning - medium (level 3)
Monitoring - medium (level 3)
These skills are necessary but not as important:
Mathematics - low (level 1)
Science - very low (level 0)
Learning strategies - low (level 2)
“Money & Outlook” What is the salary range for this career and the employment outlook? Is this
what you expected? The pay for this career is very good although I expected more. This is the
Florida wages.
Average Annual Wage $46,821

3. Entry Annual Wage $31,429
Experienced Annual Wage $54,538
Entry Hourly Wage $15.11
Experienced Hourly Wage $26.22
Average Hourly Wage $22.51
“Connections” Select at least one networking resource from this area and tell how it benefits
your career choice. National Federation of Paralegal Associations
P.O. Box 2016
Edmonds, WA 98020
www.paralegals.org
Welcome to the web site of the National Federation of Paralegal Associations, Inc., (NFPA ®). The mission
of the NFPA is to promote a global presence for the paralegal profession and leadership in the legal
community. We accomplish this mission through our core purpose and goals. To read more about NFPA,
our mission, core purpose and goals, please see the About NFPA tab. NFPA respects diversity and was
the first national paralegal association to adopt a Diversity Statement, which you can read under Position
Statements on the Positions & Issuestab above. NFPA is dedicated to life-long learning and offers CLE
opportunities on-line (click on CLE tab) as well as at our annual convention. NFPA is committed to
honesty and integrity and adopted its Model Code of Ethics and Responsibility in 1993. NFPA offers the
Paralegal Advanced Competency Exam.

4. Career cluster questions.
The focus and choice assessments are tools that everyone
should use at least ones they provide you with very useful
information it starts by asking you questions on what you like
and dislike after it gives you the results on careers that best
match your personality. I have learned that I have a lot of
choices for majors although I have always been fascinated with
the Law there are many careers I have always liked but though I
couldn’t do, taking this assessments help motivate me to take
something else when I come back for my B.A. in two years. The
results from my assessments where right on with what I want and
would like to do one of the majors a researched were Paralegal.
The gold stars researched gave me a full description of what
Paralegals do from what they make not on only in the state of
Florida but on the entire U.S from year wages to hourly income;
also what their job duties are, one of the most interesting
things was when I clicked on connections. Connections is another
tool that helps you find different associations on the career
you’ve research the association I used was (National Federation
of Paralegal Associations)www.paralegals.org
The mission of the NFPA is to promote a global presence for the

5. paralegal profession and leadership in the legal community it
also offers the Advanced Competency Exam.
After completing this assessment my career goal has not change
I am still majoring in Paralegal although it did made come to a
new goal which is majoring in a total different field for when I
returned to college to complete my B.A I have always want to own
my a business (Hair Salon) so I am thinking about majoring in
Business administration in two years. This project was very
helpful it gave me a lot of information, the results didn’t
surprise me every assessments I answer to the best of my
knowledge and the results reflected what I knew they would.