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PARALEGAL

Certificate of Achievement

The Cuesta College Paralegal Degree and Certificate Program is designed to provide students with the knowledge and skills needed to become a successful paralegal.— 

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PARALEGAL Pathways

Pathways listed below are for the catalog year 2025-2026. Maps for previous years are available on each pathway page. What is a catalog year?

Featured Careers

Find your calling. Explore high-earning careers with entry-level data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

  • Legal Support Workers, All Other

    • Job growth:
    • Low salary:
    • High salary:
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    $ Average Salary $ $

  • Paralegals and Legal Assistants

    Bachelor's degree, Associate's degree

    • Job growth: Declining
    • Low salary: 39,710
    • High salary: 98,990
    • Average salary: 61010
    Declining Job Growth $ 61,010 Average Salary $39,710 $98,990

  • Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers

    High school diploma/GED, Bachelor's degree

    • Job growth: Declining
    • Low salary: 36,710
    • High salary: 87,240
    • Average salary: 54980
    Declining Job Growth $ 54,980 Average Salary $36,710 $87,240

All Careers in PARALEGAL (3)

Paralegals and Legal AssistantsBachelor's degree, Associate's degreeDeclining61,010
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and SearchersHigh school diploma/GED, Bachelor's degreeDeclining54,980
Legal Support Workers, All Other- n/a- n/a

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Learning Outcomes

Learning outcomes help you work towards your educational goals.

  1. Students will be able to conduct library and computerized legal research that involves the selection, compilation, and analysis of relevant reference materials.
  2. Students will be able to conduct themselves in a professional and ethical manner in the workplace environment, and interact and communicate effectively with attorneys, other staff, and clients.
  3. Students will be able to discuss and explain the different subject areas of the law, including the substantive and procedural areas of civil and criminal law.
  4. Students will be able to perform different law office management functions such as utilization of legal software programs, correspondence, billing and financial management, file and record management, and library management.
  5. Students will be able to prepare and interpret various legal documents and forms, including litigation, non-litigation, and transactional documents and forms.