For Immediate Release
March 4, 2009

Learn about thriving career opportunities in the paralegal profession at UCR Extension’s Paralegal Career and Information Meeting on March 30

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (www.extension.ucr.edu) - Economic times are beyond difficult, but the Bureau for Labor Statistics reports that the outlook for paralegals remains bright. Employers, seeking to reduce costs, are hiring paralegals to handle business that more expensive attorneys might have been hired to do. Find out more about this growing profession at UCR Extension's Paralegal Career and Information Meeting on Monday, March 30, 2009 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the UCR Extension Center, 1200 University Ave., Riverside.

According to the U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Statistics, employment for paralegals is expected to grow 22 percent between 2006 and 2016. During recessions, corporations seek assistance from paralegals for bankruptcies, foreclosures and divorces. Though paralegals do not practice law, highly trained professionals educated at a qualified institution are skilled to handle many tasks once done by lawyers. UCR Extension's Paralegal Certificate Program is approved by the American Bar Association.

Find out more about employment opportunities in this profession, the requirements to earn UCR Extension's Paralegal Certificate, and the California law that regulates paralegals and establishes educational requirements.

The fee is $10 and includes parking and refreshments.

For more information about the Paralegal Certificate Program, contact (951) 827-1616, e-mail justice@ucx.ucr.edu or visit http://www.extension.ucr.edu. To register, call (951) 827-4105 or (800) 442-4990 or visit http://www.extension.ucr.edu.

UCR Extension is the continuing education division of the University of California, Riverside. Extension offers more than 3,800 courses and 90 certificate programs in a variety of academic programs, including agriculture and landscape, arts and humanities, business and management, education, forensic investigations and public safety, teacher's credentialing, English, environmental management, geospatial analysis and technology, health services and behavioral sciences, information technology, languages, law and public policy, Native American studies, natural sciences, and yoga.