1.
In what state(s) do
you work?
2. Gender:
3. What is your age
(for demographic purposes only)?
4. What is your
official job title? (select only one)
5. Which title do you
prefer as denoting higher professional status (select only one):
6. Total length of
time you have been a paralegal/legal assistant:
years
months
7. Total length of
time you have been a freelance paralegal/legal assistant:
years
months
8. To which national
professional organizations do you belong? (select all that apply)
9. Do you belong to
your local paralegal organization?
10. What is the
highest level of formal general education that you completed?
11. If you earned a
degree, was it in paralegal studies?
12. Do you have a
paralegal certificate?
13. If yes, is your
certificate from an ABA-approved school/study program?
Don’t know
14. Have you completed
any of the certifications listed below? (select all that apply)
Business
15. In what area(s) of
law do you specialize? (select all that apply)
16. What types of
services do you offer as a freelance paralegal/legal assistant?
17. What is the
average number of hours you bill per week?
18. What is the
average number of hours you work per week?
19. What range most
accurately represents your average hourly billing rate as of February 28,
2005?
$15 to $25
$26 to $35
$36 to $45
$46 to $55
20. What percentage of
your time is spent on nonbillable tasks?
21. Where is your
freelance business located?
22. What percentage of
your time is spent working from your own office as opposed to working onsite
at a client’s office?
23. Do you have
employees or subcontractors?
24. If yes, please
mark the number of employees or subcontractors you have in each category.
25. How many
regular clients do you have?
26. What types of
clients do you generally work with? (select all that apply)
27. How often do you
bill your clients?
28. Do you use written
contracts with your clients for each project?
29. How do you monitor
and prevent conflicts of interest in your practice?
30. What type of
marketing do you use for your business? (select all that apply)
31. During the slow
times, what do you do? (select all that apply)
32. What do you do
when you have more work than you can handle? (select all that apply)
33. Are you
considering expanding your business to offer more services to clients?
34. If yes, what type
of expansion are you considering? (select all that apply)
Technology
35. Do you use a
laptop in place of a desktop computer?
36. What operating
system is on your business computer(s)?
37. How often, on
average, do you use the following technologies in your freelance business?
Daily
Weekly
Occasionally
Never
E-mail
Fax machine
Handheld Computer (PDA)
Internet
Laptop Computer
Multimedia Equipment
Scanner
Video Conferencing
Wireless phone
Software
Accounting
Calendar/Docket
Case
Management
Client Relationship
Management
Document Assembly
Document Management
Electronic Discovery
Knowledge Management
Legal Online Service
Litigation Support
PDF Creation
Practice Management
Scanning/OCR
Speech Recognition
Time & Billing
Trial Presentation
Word Processing
38. How do you rank
your technological expertise?
39. List the last
technology purchase you made for your freelance business:
40. List the next
three technology purchases that you plan to make for your freelance business:
41. What resources do
you use when researching purchasing decisions? (select all that apply)
Recommendations
Reading Habits
42. How long have you
been an LAT subscriber?
years
months
43. Select the type of
feature story that appeals most to you (select only one):
44. General comments
you would like to share with the editors of LAT :
