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Survey of Paralegal Utilization

The Paralegal Committee of the Arkansas Bar Association is gathering attorney feedback to help us to determine what recommendations or guidelines we can develop to help Association members to make the most effective use of paralegals in their practices. This survey is intended for attorneys who currently utilize paralegals or who are considering doing so in the future.

For purposes, of this survey, the term “paralegal” refers to anyone who works in your organization whom you commonly refer to as a paralegal, who uses the term “paralegal” to describe his or her position, or who performs work functions that you consider to be paralegal in nature.

Your responses will be anonymous. If you have questions about the survey, feel free to contact Amy Johnson, Paralegal Committee Chair, at (501) 492-7172 or adjohnson@arkansasjustice.org. The survey should take no more than five minutes.
1.I currently work as an attorney (choose one):(Required.)
2.The following category best describes the type of work that I primarily do (choose one):(Required.)
3.The total number of attorneys who work for my firm or office is (choose one):(Required.)
4.The total number of paralegals who work for my firm or office is (choose one):(Required.)
5.Paralegals who work with my firm or office routinely perform the following tasks (check all that apply):
6.Does your firm or office bill clients for paralegal work? (choose one)
7.Clients who pay for paralegal work require the following of those paralegals (check all that apply):
8.Of the following qualifications, the TWO that would be most important to me in making a decision to hire a paralegal are (check only 2):(Required.)
9.In considering how attorneys can most effectively utilize paralegals in their practices, I believe the following measures would be helpful (check all that apply):
10.Please provide any additional feedback that you think would be helpful for our committee to consider regarding attorney utilization of paralegals.