Paralegals and Legal Assistants
Experience assisting Army attorneys across military justice, legal assistance, claims, and contract law transfers directly to civilian attorney support.
How to prepare: Complete a civilian legal-document drafting course focused on pleadings and contracts.
What the civilian work involves
- Prepare affidavits or other documents, such as legal correspondence, and organize and maintain documents in paper or electronic filing system.
- Prepare, edit, or review legal documents, including legislation, briefs, pleadings, appeals, wills, contracts, and real estate closing statements.
- Prepare for trial by performing tasks such as organizing exhibits.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
- Microsoft Word
- Adobe Acrobat
- Microsoft Outlook