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Equipping the Rural Lawyer for Success

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Related: “Five Ways to Automate Workflow in Your Law Firm” Virtual, But Real Receptionists. For additional administrative assistance beyond automation, rural attorneys can engage virtual assistants and virtual legal receptionists. Sourcing Specialty Talent: Freelance Paralegals and Legal Secretaries.

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Scale: The Three-Step Formula to Grow a $1 Million+ Legal Practice

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When I started my legal career at the Chicago office of an international law firm, I struggled to keep my head above water just dealing with the discrete tasks I was assigned in a Chapter 11 bankruptcy case. You must rise above your own limitations by building teams, processes and systems that allow you to scale.

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The Benefits of Virtual Legal Assistants

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So, from here on out, we’ll consider the definition of virtual assistants for law firms to be those human helpers who handle work not required to be completed by an attorney. . And if we call them “assistants,” then we risk diminishing their value and our willingness to compensate them adequately. Virtual bookkeepers.