Well I'm a secretary for a lawyer and it's just a job while I'm going to school to be a court reporter. I work Monday-Friday and I get paid $10 an hour 8:30 to 5:30 with an hour lunch break. Now the lawyer's Paralegal makes good money, but it's different from a regular secretary. They research their cases that they are currently on or about to be on. So you might want to go to school to do that.