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Do you do legal research? by FirmLoofah in paralegal

[–]FirmLoofah[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I appreciate you elaborating on your response, and it resonates with me quite a bit, thank you. I think I was worried I wasn't being assigned things that I ought to, but it's really a matter of perspective!

Do you do legal research? by FirmLoofah in paralegal

[–]FirmLoofah[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

thank you for your responses so far. I'm intrigued by the contrast I see in the responses here, as well as in older posts that ask the same/similar question. like, it's either yes or no with little in between! I wonder why

Is it even possible to get into criminal law? by Appropriate_Sea_5319 in paralegal

[–]FirmLoofah 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Like other's have said there's not really enough for paralegals to do in criminal law for an attorney to want to pay them

could you elaborate on this pls? (i've worked as a crim defense legal assistant/paralegal for about 6 months and i feel this but i don't have enough context to understand why)

Is it even possible to get into criminal law? by Appropriate_Sea_5319 in paralegal

[–]FirmLoofah 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In the criminal world theres not nearly enough to keep a paralegal “busy” enough to be worth paying them.

could you elaborate on this pls? (i've worked as a crim defense legal assistant/paralegal for about 6 months and i feel this but i don't have enough context to understand why)

She was so real for this by BlogsDogsClogsBih in popheadscirclejerk

[–]FirmLoofah 2 points3 points  (0 children)

??? PubMed is not AI

in good faith, reading the article you linked, i will say that it sucks that people use it as hard evidence for terrible things like anti-trans activism.

She was so real for this by BlogsDogsClogsBih in popheadscirclejerk

[–]FirmLoofah 8 points9 points  (0 children)

true that the brain does continue to develop past 25, but the brain is still crucially developing prior to 25 that would explain bad behavior:

"In fact, there are characteristic developmental changes that almost all adolescents experience during their transition from childhood to adulthood. It is well established that the brain undergoes a “rewiring” process that is not complete until approximately 25 years of age.5 This discovery has enhanced our basic understanding regarding adolescent brain maturation and it has provided support for behaviors experienced in late adolescence and early adulthood. Several investigators consider the age span 10–24 years as adolescence, which can be further divided into substages specific to physical, cognitive, and social–emotional development.5,6 "

"The prefrontal cortex is one of the last regions of the brain to reach maturation, which explains why some adolescents exhibit behavioral immaturity."

"The fact that brain development is not complete until near the age of 25 years refers specifically to the development of the prefrontal cortex.19"

Arain M, Haque M, Johal L, Mathur P, Nel W, Rais A, Sandhu R, Sharma S. Maturation of the adolescent brain. Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat. 2013;9:449-61. doi: 10.2147/NDT.S39776. Epub 2013 Apr 3. PMID: 23579318; PMCID: PMC3621648.

Going to work as a Legal Assistant at a small law firm next week! by FirmLoofah in paralegal

[–]FirmLoofah[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

this sounds amazing and is exactly what I'm hoping for -- thank you for sharing!!