{"id":1461,"date":"2017-12-11T19:05:47","date_gmt":"2017-12-12T02:05:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/uncategorized\/find-it-online-paralegal-degree-or-a-legal-assistant-college\/"},"modified":"2021-05-03T12:06:34","modified_gmt":"2021-05-03T18:06:34","slug":"find-it-online-paralegal-degree-or-a-legal-assistant-college","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/find-it-online-paralegal-degree-or-a-legal-assistant-college\/","title":{"rendered":"Find It! Online Paralegal Degree or a Legal Assistant College"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Attracted to law but don&#8217;t want to go to law school? Becoming a paralegal, legal secretary or legal assistant may be your cup of tea.\u00a0 Even if time is tight and obtaining bachelor&#8217;s degree or an associate degree in paralegal studies is your goal, don&#8217;t worry. You can save yourself the hassle of traveling to and from class by enrolling in an online paralegal school.<\/p>\n<h2>Searching for an online paralegal degree or legal assistant college<\/h2>\n<p>Now that you know that an online paralegal education is right for you, the next step is to search for the best online paralegal college.\u00a0 You&#8217;ll be happy to know both traditional and career colleges feature wide-ranging online paralegal course offerings that prepare students with the necessary professional skills and knowledge to obtain the best jobs in the legal field.<\/p>\n<p>Be sure to use our key word search and list of related schools to explore other online paralegal degree programs that may be right for you.<\/p>\n<p>Make sure to check out these online paralegal degree search options:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/search\/online-schools?studenttype=UG+GR&amp;q=AAS+in+legal+administrative+assistant\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AAS in Legal Administrative Assistant <\/a><\/li>\n<li>Paralegal Studies Online, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/search\/online-schools?studenttype=UG&amp;q=paralegal+studies\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bachelor Degree<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/search\/online-schools?studenttype=UG&amp;q=paralegal+studies\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Associate Degree<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/search\/online-schools?studenttype=UG&amp;q=legal+administrative+assistant\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Legal Administrative Assistant Online<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/search\/online-schools?studenttype=UG&amp;q=legal+secretary\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Legal Secretary Online<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/college-search\/SearchResults.aspx?q=legal+assistant+online&amp;c=UG\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Legal Assistant Online<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"Heading_2\" style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><br \/>\nWant to know more about online education?<br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\nRead our articles on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/is-online-college-right-for-you\/\">how distance learning works <\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/accredited-online-schools-plan-a-path-to-a-better-future\/\">what accreditation means <\/a>for your online learning degree.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Attracted to law but don&#8217;t want to go to law school? Becoming a paralegal, legal secretary or legal assistant may be your cup of tea.\u00a0 Even if time is tight and obtaining bachelor&#8217;s degree or an associate degree in paralegal studies is your goal, don&#8217;t worry. You can save yourself the hassle of traveling to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":6034,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[3925,956,1070,24,1069],"class_list":{"0":"post-1461","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-colleges","8":"tag-accelerated1","9":"tag-law","10":"tag-legal-assistant","11":"tag-online-degrees","12":"tag-paralegal"},"better_featured_image":{"id":6034,"alt_text":"","caption":"","description":"","media_type":"image","media_details":{"width":2048,"height":1365,"file":"s3:\/\/pcom-wp-media\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/10124324\/dmitrij-paskevic-44124-unsplash-1.jpg","sizes":{},"image_meta":{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0","keywords":[]}},"post":1461,"source_url":"https:\/\/wp-media.petersons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/10124324\/dmitrij-paskevic-44124-unsplash-1.jpg"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Find It! Online Paralegal Degree or a Legal Assistant College - Peterson&#039;s<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Attracted to law but don&#039;t want to go to law school? Becoming a paralegal, legal secretary or legal assistant may be for you. Learn more here!\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/find-it-online-paralegal-degree-or-a-legal-assistant-college\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Find It! Online Paralegal Degree or a Legal Assistant College - Peterson&#039;s\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Attracted to law but don&#039;t want to go to law school? Becoming a paralegal, legal secretary or legal assistant may be for you. Learn more here!\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/find-it-online-paralegal-degree-or-a-legal-assistant-college\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Peterson&#039;s\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/petersons\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-12-12T02:05:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-05-03T18:06:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/wp-media.petersons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/10124324\/dmitrij-paskevic-44124-unsplash-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2048\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1365\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ben\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@Petersons\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Petersons\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ben\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Find It! Online Paralegal Degree or a Legal Assistant College - Peterson&#039;s","description":"Attracted to law but don't want to go to law school? Becoming a paralegal, legal secretary or legal assistant may be for you. Learn more here!","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/find-it-online-paralegal-degree-or-a-legal-assistant-college\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Find It! Online Paralegal Degree or a Legal Assistant College - Peterson&#039;s","og_description":"Attracted to law but don't want to go to law school? Becoming a paralegal, legal secretary or legal assistant may be for you. Learn more here!","og_url":"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/find-it-online-paralegal-degree-or-a-legal-assistant-college\/","og_site_name":"Peterson&#039;s","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/petersons","article_published_time":"2017-12-12T02:05:47+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-05-03T18:06:34+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2048,"height":1365,"url":"https:\/\/wp-media.petersons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/10124324\/dmitrij-paskevic-44124-unsplash-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Ben","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@Petersons","twitter_site":"@Petersons","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ben","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/find-it-online-paralegal-degree-or-a-legal-assistant-college\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/find-it-online-paralegal-degree-or-a-legal-assistant-college\/"},"author":{"name":"Ben","@id":"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/ca05daec864dfcfd275d1789dd8ba07f"},"headline":"Find It! Online Paralegal Degree or a Legal Assistant College","datePublished":"2017-12-12T02:05:47+00:00","dateModified":"2021-05-03T18:06:34+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/find-it-online-paralegal-degree-or-a-legal-assistant-college\/"},"wordCount":230,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/find-it-online-paralegal-degree-or-a-legal-assistant-college\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/wp-media.petersons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/10124324\/dmitrij-paskevic-44124-unsplash-1.jpg","keywords":["Accelerated Degree Programs","Law","legal assistant","Online Degrees","paralegal"],"articleSection":["Colleges"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/find-it-online-paralegal-degree-or-a-legal-assistant-college\/","url":"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/find-it-online-paralegal-degree-or-a-legal-assistant-college\/","name":"Find It! Online Paralegal Degree or a Legal Assistant College - Peterson&#039;s","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/find-it-online-paralegal-degree-or-a-legal-assistant-college\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/find-it-online-paralegal-degree-or-a-legal-assistant-college\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/wp-media.petersons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/10124324\/dmitrij-paskevic-44124-unsplash-1.jpg","datePublished":"2017-12-12T02:05:47+00:00","dateModified":"2021-05-03T18:06:34+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/ca05daec864dfcfd275d1789dd8ba07f"},"description":"Attracted to law but don't want to go to law school? Becoming a paralegal, legal secretary or legal assistant may be for you. Learn more here!","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/find-it-online-paralegal-degree-or-a-legal-assistant-college\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/find-it-online-paralegal-degree-or-a-legal-assistant-college\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/find-it-online-paralegal-degree-or-a-legal-assistant-college\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/wp-media.petersons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/10124324\/dmitrij-paskevic-44124-unsplash-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/wp-media.petersons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/10124324\/dmitrij-paskevic-44124-unsplash-1.jpg","width":2048,"height":1365},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/find-it-online-paralegal-degree-or-a-legal-assistant-college\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Blog","item":"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Colleges","item":"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/category\/colleges\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Find It! Online Paralegal Degree or a Legal Assistant College"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/","name":"Peterson&#039;s","description":"Peterson&#039;s helps students discover their best fit educational program","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/ca05daec864dfcfd275d1789dd8ba07f","name":"Ben","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/68b93a978a943c2599f0ce3156a85622b91956dcdd14ccfe847da7a42b95cca4?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/68b93a978a943c2599f0ce3156a85622b91956dcdd14ccfe847da7a42b95cca4?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/68b93a978a943c2599f0ce3156a85622b91956dcdd14ccfe847da7a42b95cca4?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Ben"},"url":"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/author\/ben\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1461"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1461\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14204,"href":"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1461\/revisions\/14204"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}