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How A Startup Evolves: As Casetext Marks 10th Year Anniversary, Here’s Its History Through 50 Blog Posts

LawSites

2013 New Legal Research Site Combines Case Law with Crowdsourcing. 2014 Two Sites Offer Platforms for Crowdsourced Legal Research. Casetext Prepares to Add ‘Communities’. 2015 Crowdsourced Research Site Casetext Raises $7M Series A Financing. Round-up: News From Firm Manager, Casetext and Alt Legal (Who?).

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Starting a Paralegal Career Without a Paralegal Certificate

Paralegal Bootcamp

I’m on a mission this year to interview some paralegals who broke into the paralegal profession without even having a paralegal certificate and to find out how they did it and what kind of lessons they can pass along to others. She was a personal injury attorney and they were looking for a receptionist for their small law firm.

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What IS a paralegal, exactly?

LexBlog

I think a shorter list is what one is not, but in summary, paralegals provide day to day support by assisting attorneys, law offices, or other various agencies conducting research, drafting legal documents, and handling cases. Paralegals are an attorney’s right-hand person. What a paralegal is NOT.