The picture above is what you will see a lot of if you become a paralegal. This is only one of five aisles of files in only one of the rooms in our office space which spans two floors. Many people talk about the paperless office and I just don't think it is possible in the legal field. At least not in personal injury cases.
You need a few things to deal with all this paper. First you need the will not to run screaming from the office. Next you need high level organizational skills and a file clerk that knows their alphabet so that you don't lose anything.
Sometimes I like to stand here in the stacks. It is quiet like a library and its dark. It smells like paper and plastic binders and I can pretend I'm at the bookstore.
Lately my work load has been obscene. There is this fine line between having enough to do so that it propels you forward and then having so much to do that it stops you in your tracks and makes you want to hide in the stacks.
Good news is that my team finally got an email today from my attorney thanking us for all our hard work and acknowledging that our workloads have been "unhealthy" as of late. I don't really see how it will change anything, but maybe it will make me feel better.
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