Best Legal Affairs Bureau Riverside Near Me

4worldlovers: The Southern California Agency is the primary operating level that provides and coordinates the delivery of Bureau of Indian Affairs programs services within a 4 county area of Southern California. The Agency provides services in the following programs: Real Estate Services; Natural Resources/Agriculture; Forestry/Wildland Fire Management; Environmental; Transportation, Housing, Self-Determination, and Tribal Operations.

Mailing/Physical Address: Southern California Agency Bureau of Indian Affairs 1451 Research Park Drive, Suite 100 Riverside, CA 92507

4worldlovers: Paralegals must always take great care in disclosing their non-attorney status so as to never mislead anyone to believe they are authorized to practice law. They must never misrepresent their status to other attorneys; government officials, the courts, or the general public. Paralegals must clearly reveal their non-attorney status on business cards and on correspondence.

Our office is currently working exclusively with a local law firm, but historically our team members were characterized as "Freelance Paralegals" which are defined as independent paralegals who work as independent contractors for attorneys on special projects, but who are supervised in this work by an attorney. In order to provide consistency and stability, our services are utilized by a primary local lawfirm; however, should the occassion arise and would like to make an inquiry as to if we can accomadate providing services to other qualified professional please feel free to reach out.

Associates Degree (AA) earned in Paralegal Studies from Riverside Community College.

A Juris Doctor (JD) degree is a professional degree required to practice law. A Juris Doctor (JD) degree is the professional degree necessary to become a lawyer. A JD degree is a terminal degree—or the highest level of degree you can achieve in a given discipline.

The degree-granting authority for California Southern Law School is the Committee of Bar Examiners, and the school was not an accredited law school. Students enrolled in the J.D. degree program at this law school who complete the first year of law study must pass the First-Year Law Students' Examination required by Business and Professions Code Section 6060(h) and Rule VIII of the Rules Regulating Admission to Practice Law in California as part of the requirements to qualify to take the California Bar Examination.

For the past 20 years, employment has been with Fathers Rights-focused attorneys and/or law firms within the Riverside & San Bernardino area.

(a) “Paralegal” means a person who holds himself or herself out to be a paralegal, who is qualified by education, training, or work experience, who either contracts with or is employed by an attorney, law firm, corporation, governmental agency, or other entity, and who performs substantial legal work under the direction and supervision of an active member of the State Bar of California, as defined in Section 6060 , or an attorney practicing law in the federal courts of this state, that has been specifically delegated by the attorney to him or her. Tasks performed by a paralegal include, but are not limited to, case planning, development, and management; legal research; interviewing clients; fact gathering and retrieving information; drafting and analyzing legal documents; collecting, compiling, and utilizing technical information to make an independent decision and recommendation to the supervising attorney; and representing clients before a state or federal administrative agency if that representation is permitted by statute, court rule, or administrative rule or regulation.

(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), a paralegal shall not do the following:

(3) Select, explain, draft, or recommend the use of any legal document to or for any person other than the attorney who directs and supervises the paralegal.

(4) Act as a runner or capper, as defined in Sections 6151 and 6152 .

(6) Contract with, or be employed by, a natural person other than an attorney to perform paralegal services.

(7) In connection with providing paralegal services, induce a person to make an investment, purchase a financial product or service, or enter a transaction from which income or profit, or both, purportedly may be derived.

(8) Establish the fees to charge a client for the services the paralegal performs, which shall be established by the attorney who supervises the paralegal's work. This paragraph does not apply to fees charged by a paralegal in a contract to provide paralegal services to an attorney, law firm, corporation, governmental agency, or other entity as provided in subdivision (a).

(c) A paralegal shall possess at least one of the following:

(1) A certificate of completion of a paralegal program approved by the American Bar Association.