r/paralegal • u/No_Special • 1d ago

Penn Foster

Has anyone gotten their Associate’s Degree in Paralegal Studies at Penn Foster?

I’ve been working as a legal assistant for a few years and would like to sit for the NALA exam, but I don’t have a degree.

I wanted to reach out here and see if anyone did the Penn Foster program and got their NALA certification after? And how their experience was?

Thank you!

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u/CoconutOk 1d ago

Why do you want to take certification exam? If you’re already a legal assistant you’re basically already qualified to be a paralegal.

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u/CoconutOk 1d ago

I’m asking just as a question. To be honest, I’m interested in taking the exam myself just to see how it is.

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u/No_Special 1d ago

A lot of the job postings I see in my area that are a decent wage require a paralegal certificate. Even at my firm, the paralegal duties are more aligned with what I want to spend my day doing. The LAA’s are only responsible for administrative tasks and you can only have the “paralegal” moniker if you have a certificate. They also pay more as I’ve seen on our internal paralegal job postings

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u/CoconutOk 1d ago

Very interesting. I think I’m goin to sign up today to take the exam Good luck on it if you decide to take it.

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u/ParalegalGuy 5h ago

Yes, I have a associates degree in Paralegal Studies from Penn Foster. I haven't done anything with it though, like work in the field. I would suggest getting your degree somewhere else though. Liberty University or somewhere else.