Law Career Path

[jomaezapanta8]

I am an incoming college student. I'm planning to take BA Criminology, that's actually my second option because I want to have a training physically. My first is BA PolSci. After graduation, I will apply for a paralegal job, both course I'm planning to take is just fine, right? I still don't know if I'll be a part-timer for the job since I'm not sure if I can immediately continue to law school. So, uhm, good afternoon! Here are my questions:

1.) Which is better if I were to be a prosecutor in the future, Paralegal or Legal Assistant? Or I can take both?

2.) What if I work as a full time paralegal/legal assistant, can I ask to be a part-timer if I will start law school at that time or nah, I should quit because it's better to focus on studying?

Please, enlighten me, I am really confused. Thank you in advance

[Buenchico]

I've a suspicion here that you might be asking in the wrong place. (Sorry!). This is a UK-based site and the usual way in this country to end up as a prosecutor is to start off by getting a law degree following a fulltime course at university (or alternatively getting a good honours degree in another subject and then studying for a Graduate Diploma in Law). There's then a further year of study on the Bar Professional Training Course and a year of practical training. That qualifies someone to practice as a Barrister. They might then be able to get employment with the Crown Prosecution Service but in order to be the lead prosecutor in major cases they would need to seek appointment as a Queen's Counsel. The application process takes between three and five years, with candidates typically having had around a decade of experience of working as a barrister before even being able to apply.

There is ultra-fierce competition to become a barrister and it would be hard to do so via any paralegal route. (It would theoretically be possible for someone to train as a legal executive, then to study further to become a solicitor and then to seek to become a barrister but such a path would be difficult to follow and would take many years. There would then still an average of 13 more years before becoming a QC, if that were even possible).

Relevant links (for the UK):
https://www.prospects.ac.uk/job-profiles/barrister
and
https://www.thelawyerportal.com/free-guides/how-to-become-a-barrister/what-is-a-queens-counsel-barrister-how-to-become-one/

However I suspect that you're not in the UK. Things might be very different in your home country and it would be best to seek information on a website based there. Sorry!