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How I Got a Job

This week, LawCrossing talks with Amy Davis

about how she got her job as a paralegal

at Rake & Catanese, PC, in Arizona. After

starting out in a law office after high school,

Davis simply worked her way up the ladder,

and she encourages paralegal students to do

the same.

“Students often find the transition into a

working paralegal position challenging—just

getting their foot in the door is difficult at

times. I know; I started at the bottom and

worked my way up,” she said. “To [face]

those challenges, I recommend persistence,

dedication, and commitment to the

profession. It’s the excellence you achieve

that will land you the job and make working

as a paralegal a successful and rewarding

career.”

Davis, who has worked in the legal field for

almost 20 years now, worked her way up

from being a runner to a receptionist, from

a receptionist to a secretary, and from a

secretary to a paralegal.

“I started working in a law office upon

graduating from high school, while attending

community college at night,” she said. “My

aspirations were to transfer to a university

and obtain my degree so that I could pursue

law school. What I liked most about the legal

field was being in a professional, educated

business environment, and I found the

work I performed was both interesting and

challenging. I embraced new challenges—

even pursued them by requesting to take on

new tasks and assignments—and learned as

much as possible along the way.”

HOW I GOT A JOB