¿ How do attorneys and paralegals assess a case? ¿ How much is a case worth and how do I know? ¿ What are some differences between the pre-suit phase of a case and the litigation portion of a case? ¿ What task comes next in the litigation process? ¿ Can you tell me about some real-life experiences of a paralegal in a trial practice? ¿ What really happens to get a case ready for trial? The answers to these questions, in-depth and straight from inside the profession, are here! Follow two cases, from intake to trial, through the entire civil process and gain a broad-based, big-picture understanding of the work involved as a paralegal in a trial practice. From the author of Behind the Bar-Inside the Paralegal Profession, this second book in the innovative and popular Behind the Bar series adopts the same readable, novel-like style and is sure to teach paralegals how to assess and work on any civil case-from intake to trial.