A paralegal is not licensed to practice law, but usually has more legal knowledge than a legal secretary or a regular secretary.
Just as there are different specialties of law with a particular lawyer focusing on international commerce or divorce litigation, there are different areas that a paralegal may be more familiar with.
Of course, your experience is not going to match up perfectly with the below cover letter for a paralegal, so you’ll have to customize it to reflect your actual job experience and your own areas of expertise.
- View the below example. You can download this Paralegal Cover Letter Template in Word and tailor it to meet your specific needs.
Paralegal Cover Letter Sample
Eric Morris
Street Address, City, State, Zip | Cell Phone | Email Address
Today’s date
Mr. K. Arnold
ABC Company
Address, City, State, zip
Re: Paralegal
Dear Mr. Arnold,
My dear friend, Jenny Isaacs, informed me that your office is in need of a paralegal and suggested that I send in my resume, which I’ve attached.
I currently work for a five-partner legal office where each partner specialized in a different field.
As a result, I:
- Prepare briefs and appeals for one lawyer.
- Track down witness to give testimony for the second lawyer.
- Abstract leases and validated rent rolls for the third lawyer.
- Collect medical information for the malpractice lawyer
- Comb through legal publications to provide precedents and relevant laws for the fifth lawyer.
In addition, my duties included notarizing documents, maintaining files, and billing clients.
These varied areas of law, including criminal, divorce, real estate, and adoption, have given me a broad base of knowledge which I would like to put at your disposal.
If I don’t know the answer, at least I have an excellent idea of where to locate it. I have strong research skills and have extensive experience in condensing commercial real estate leases. I am organized, detail oriented, efficient, and discreet.
I am confident that I will more than meet your expectations for this position.
I would like to meet with you and answer any questions you have.
Sincerely,
Eric Morris
Enclosure: Resume
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