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A very important and interesting fact – as of May 1, 2007, Ontario, Canada is the first and the only jurisdiction in the western hemisphere where paralegals are licensed and the profession is regulated as officers of the court.  What this means is that paralegals, in Ontario, are licensed and regulated the same way as lawyers (i.e., by the Law Society of Upper Canada).  The same cannot be said for the profession of paralegal elsewhere in the world as paralegals in most cases work under the direct supervision of a lawyer.

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