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Avoiding Common Trust Accounting Errors for Well-Intentioned Lawyers

Attorney at Work

It is tempting to allow a bookkeeper or administrative assistant to go ahead and sign checks; after all, in a pinch, it would be great to have them sign off and send out a filing fee from advanced costs held in trust. Managing our trust accounts is not a skill emphasized in law school.

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Is It Time to Steal One of Those Surprising Job Titles?

The Estrin Report

HR Manager, attorney, paralegal, marketing manager, may describe your role but it sure ain’t fun. Let me give you an example: A couple of months ago, my client, one of the biggest law firms in the world, called me and told me they wanted a “Professional Development Innovative Specialist.” Research training……. By Chere B.

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Networking for Lawyers Made Simple

Rocket Matter

But attorney networking doesn’t have to be scary. If you struggle with building your network, then follow these helpful attorney networking strategies. Where did you go to law school? It doesn’t matter if they are an administrative assistant or a CEO. Attorney networking doesn’t happen in one sitting.

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Paralegal Roles in Other Countries

Paralegal Bootcamp

With this being the case, we focus on a variety of paralegal, legal assistant, and administrative assistant legal positions in our home country. Familiar readers of the blog know that our company, Paralegal Bootcamp , is based out of the US. The duties change significantly depending on the province you are in. That’s a win-win.

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The lives they lived and the court they shaped: Remembering those we lost in 2020

SCOTUSBlog

When Warren Burger became chief justice in 1969, he found that he was spending up to six hours a day on administrative matters in addition to his judicial work. So Congress, for the first time, passed a law authorizing the chief justice to hire an administrative assistant. Bernard Sol Cohen. 17, 1934 – Oct.

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