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Maybe look into a more operations/managerial role. In some firms that is a next step for senior paralegals. From there I have even seen some move in to COO roles (not often, but it does occasionally happen). Unfortunately with that track, it does take you more into the business side of things and out of the true paralegal realm.
I'm very happily transitioning from paralegal to operations manager. It's perfect for this stage of life for me.
I've definitely asked this same question. From what I've been told and what I've seen, you can do a lot by becoming highly specialized in a certain area of law and banking on your expertise to give you great job security and pay. I think that's one of the best ways I've seen people level up.
That is very dependent on your goals and what opportunities your location provides. It’s a choose-your-own-adventure at that point.
Depends..in Big Law the ceiling likely could easily be to supervising and recruiting…but I saw someone else mention becoming a well paid senior paralegal in their specialized field. Especially in the big cities…where I’m at in NYC new hire senior paralegals in bankruptcy and restructuring is $130k….not too bad if you ask me…I expect a high billable hour requirement and long hours though…
Means working at a company instead of law firm. Most venture capital paralegals go work at start up companies or venture capital/private equity firms. Solid hours and very good pay.
Depends some on where you practice. In some states, there’s a paralegal-adjacent role that can represent people in a limited scope. In Colorado that’s the LLP program, limited to representing litigants in family law. Federal immigration practice has a similar BIA-accredited representative role.
It depends if you enjoy the paralegal work (in which case, specialize), whether you aspire to represent people on your own cases (in which case, see if there are LLP-like roles near you or maybe pursue law school), and whether, as others have said, you’d be interested in operations management. For the latter, negotiate some percentage of total firm collections as part of your comp to keep yourself invested and compensated proportionally as the firm grows
I’ve been wondering this exact same thing as I’ve been doing this 16+ years now but been feeling like growing into a different position. As others have mentioned, firm management seems like the next step up.
I’m in the same boat. I don’t wanna go to law school and there really is not much room for advancement unless you’re in a training role or administrator role.