Paralegals may work in many different environments with unique specialties in law, including:
- Personal injury
- Family law / divorce
- Business law
- Criminal law
- Government & military: Air Force, Army, etc.
- Bankruptcy
- Real estate
- Civil litigation
- Immigration
- Intellectual property (IP)
- Estate planning / probate
…among many others. With enough experience in your specialty you may regard yourself as an “Immigration Paralegal,” “Litigation Paralegal,” “Corporate Paralegal,” etc.
Learn more about how to become a paralegal
Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics 2023 / Occupational Outlook Handbook 2022. BLS estimates do not represent entry-level wages and/or salaries. Multiple factors, including prior experience, age, geography market in which you want to work and degree field, will affect career outcomes and earnings. Herzing neither represents that its graduates will earn the average salaries calculated by BLS for a particular job nor guarantees that graduation from its program will result in a job, promotion, salary increase or other career growth.