Colouring Game Is Getting Better (I Cant Draw Hands For Shit)

Colouring game is getting better (I can’t draw hands for shit)

This what made me wanna draw it, I had nothing else to draw so why not

PLS ERIK I BEG YOU, TREASURE AND PORTER NEED A PUMPKIN PATCH DATE FOR THEIR ANNIVERSARY. NO DRAMA. JUST PUMPKINS.

i beg the redacted fandom to pls believe me when I say that THERE IS ENOUGH ANGST IN OUR FANFIC TAG!

I love all ur works but pls gimme some fluff and smut 😭 (fooliverse!Milo and Sweetheart more specifically)

Hebden Bridge, Calderdale, West Yorkshire (England)

What Paralegals Actually Do

When people find out that I'm a paralegal, the question they ask most often is, "What does a paralegal actually do?"

Paralegals can draft documents, investigate the facts of cases, review evidence, interview clients and witnesses, do legal research, and do trial prep while under the supervision of their attorney. Since they're not attorneys, paralegals are not allowed to represent clients in court, accept clients for the attorney, set legal fees, or give legal advice.

Traditionally a law office is set up with the attorney(s), the paralegal(s), and the secretary. The attorney(s) go to court, handle mediations and depositions, file documents, and delegate and share the tasks listed in the previous paragraphs with the paralegal(s). The secretary is typically the person who answers calls and takes messages, handles scheduling, handles payments and billing under supervision, and does all of the organizational tasks that are needed to keep everything stocked and running smoothly.

I like to use an analogy to make it really click when I'm talking about the basics of what paralegals do so people don't get hung up on the tasks themselves. I tell people to imagine a law office is like a doctor's office. If the lawyer is like the doctor, then the paralegal is like the nurse practitioner, and the secretary is the charge nurse. Like nurse practitioners work under the doctor's supervision doing a lot of the same tasks as a doctor, a paralegal works under the supervision of an attorney doing some of the same tasks as an attorney. However, this analogy doesn't really apply as well when an office isn't set up traditionally or if the paralegal is a freelance paralegal.

In smaller towns with smaller law offices, like where I live, the offices aren't set up as traditionally. A lot of the time in small towns attorneys are sole practitioners, meaning only one attorney per office, and they'll only hire one support staff member that will handle both secretary and paralegal tasks for them. This is how things are done in the office where I work. I'm still called a paralegal because I have the qualifications, but I also do the secretarial work on top of the documents, evidence review, trial prep, and all the other paralegal tasks.

In the present day, some paralegals don't work in-office anymore. In addition to the new remote options offered by some offices that popped up and remained because of Covid, some paralegals are freelance paralegals, which just means that they do all the same paralegal tasks as traditional office paralegals, but they do them from their own home or possibly even from their own paralegal business that is set up like a "firm" of paralegals. Instead of working for one attorney, freelance paralegals may work doing specific tasks (like document prep or trial prep only) for multiple attorneys at a time, or they may work for multiple attorneys on a case-by-case or an as-needed basis.

I actually started as a freelance paralegal, and then this summer, I transitioned into in-office work for one of the attorneys I freelanced for. (Most paralegals do it the other way around.) As someone who prefers a set schedule and a reason not to stay in my pajamas all day, I like the in-office work much more than I liked the freelance work.

you tell me to smile and I am, I am smiling, mom

I wonder if William will somehow manipulate Porter into becoming next in line for succession 👑. It would be interesting to see how he would respond+ treasure's response.

(Also thinking about Will telling Porter he wants to meet Treasure. He asked Vincent to meet Lovely, but the difference is that Porter is kinda terrified of him. I wanna see that reaction, too 👀).