Paralegal - Paralegal US Air Force Employee Review

3.0
16 Apr 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Fantastic travel opportunities and neverending challenges. Responsibility and leadership training fast and early. You truly get out of it what you put into it, including educational opportunities and advancement. Promotions are based in great part on merit, but you need to understand what blocks you need to fill in order to make it and also be able to test well in order to score high enough on the promotion tests. If you get your CCAF (associate degree from the Air Force) in Paralegal Studies, it is accredited by the American Bar Association.

Cons

There is never enough money or manpower to truly get the job done right, and there never will be. You will often have to work long hours and should expect the work to be thankless. As a paralegal you are doing the drudge work that the attorneys don't want to do, and even once you move up in rank you're still going to be doing the same work you did as a junior ranking person - it will just be the more complicated stuff. It's not a stepping stone to becoming a lawyer and the work is not quite the same as paralegal work in the civilian world.

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Cons

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Pros

Teaches you a trade while paying you. Social appreciation. Purpose. If you have no idea what you want to do with your life especially as far as a career goes, run to a recruiter. Regardless of whereever you come from a military career is your stepping stone into middle class and up living and career opportunity.

Cons

Every extra dollar you attempt to make beyond your rank will require more work than you will be paid to do. The real payoff monetarily you get from competing in the military will come in to play during your post life. Confidence, courage, accountability, etc are not standard attributes in people at all.

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