08-21-2013, 08:04 PM
The requirements to qualify as a Paralegal, who must work "under the direction and supervision" of a lawyer, and to qualify as a Legal Document Assistant, who has some authority to fill out legal documents outside of the direction of a lawyer, but "may not provide any kind of advice, explanation, opinion, or recommendation to a consumer about possible legal rights, remedies, defenses, options, selection of forms, or strategies," are separate and different.