Paralegal Bootcamp

JANUARY 20, 2023

I will show you what it means to be a proactive paralegal and how to stand out to your attorney by making them think you’re a mind-reader. I worked for an attorney back in the nineties who thought I could read his mind. I knew there was a deposition next month that I could start preparing for this month.

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CARET Legal

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Leave missed deadlines and forgotten tasks behind with CARET Legal Workflows Routine Tasks Perfect for Automation Every attorney at every law firm has a set of repetitive activities they execute on a daily/weekly basis. Family Law Firms: Divorce In family law firms , handling a client’s divorce is a common attorney task.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Maybe when you look back on this past month, all you can pull up from your memory for a win is that you received an email from your attorney thanking you for coming in on a Saturday. Many attorneys (most attorneys) don’t know that the occasional appreciation can go a long way, and maybe they don’t do a great job even acknowledging it.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

JUNE 17, 2021

Billing Conflict Checks Calendaring Docketing Document Management Cybersecurity. Legal Research and Citations Document Review and Production Early Case Assessment Deposition Management Transcript Management Trial Presentation. Matter Management Software. Discovery/Litigation Software.

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ALPS

JULY 7, 2022

This is the level of contact and kind of information that clients reasonably expect from their attorney. 4) Maintaining Oversight of Your IOLTA Account – The oversight of this account should never be completely turned over to a non-attorney. This kind of mistake can happen when an attorney is working under erroneous assumptions.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

JANUARY 25, 2024

That process may seem a little time-consuming but if all you do is skim the complaint and the answer, and you have a few talks with the attorney in charge, you’re not going to know everything that you need to know to proactively manage those cases and to stay on top of them. You’ll just have an overview.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

MAY 12, 2022

If attorneys need non-legal information about anything, I’m sure to find an email asking me to find it, and yes, they’ve usually already tried a Google search. Research skills are one of the top 10 things attorneys look for in a paralegal. While that is often true, as paralegals we are in the information business. Your Public Library.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

MARCH 3, 2023

Remember that Attorneys are not the Grammar Police One thing that I didn’t realize is that a lot of paralegals will do their drafts and not finish the edits. You know, they go through and check everything, and they’re giving it to the attorney because they have to sign off on it. Do you this would work with your attorney?

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Paralegal Bootcamp

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

And the biggest problem with all of that was the attorneys needed someone who could hit the ground running. Ask your attorneys if you can help get ready for depositions or get ready for trial; if it’s been years that you’ve been in that same lane, then go get some outside training in those areas. Put it on your calendar, though.

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MyCase

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

In our live interactive Q&A session, industry experts Carolyn Elefant, Jared Correia, and Benson Varghese reflected on and provided answers around overdue foundational shifts in the legal industry and ways in which attorneys are adapting their business operations for a competitive, resilient law practice in 2021. Jump to a Topic.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

AUGUST 25, 2021

For example, suppose you have a methodology in which you always put your initials in the upper right corner of pleadings that you’ve seen and calendared the deadlines. The attorney struggles to find things. Run deposition exhibit report to include as exhibits in the trial exhibit list. You struggle to find things.

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Attorney at Work

MAY 23, 2022

As I considered my own experiences as a first-year associate at a big firm, and subsequent experiences as a more senior attorney, I quickly formulated a list that required a scroll rather than a Post-it. Learn how to use a calendar. Attorneys with high expectations for associates are usually top performers (i.e.,

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LawTechnologyToday

DECEMBER 9, 2022

The largest group of respondents to the Litigation Technology & E-Discovery Survey (32%) practice at firms with 2-9 attorneys while 10% of respondents are solo attorneys and 25% are at firms with 10-49 attorneys. The rest of the respondents (33%) are at firms with more than 50 attorneys (13% have more than 500 attorneys).

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Paralegal Bootcamp

MARCH 11, 2022

However, DOJ also expanded the use of ECAS (EOIR Courts and appeals system) which would allow attorneys to create an online profile, submit appearances, appeals, and keep track of hearings. OCR is also used by many attorneys when drafting appeals, where a specific section needs to be quoted and the possibility of typing is simply tedious.

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The Legal Ease

JULY 23, 2020

Supervising attorneys must be admitted to practice in New York for at least three years and must be in good standing. There are some limitations on what attorneys authorized to practice under the new rule will be able to do.  If the authorized attorney appears without a supervising attorney, the matter cannot proceed. 

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Attorney at Work

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Share your ask or the agenda in a pre-meeting email or calendar invite so your mentor can be prepared. An analogy might be asking yourself if you’ve made sufficient deposits in the relationship “bank” before making withdrawals. Subscribe to Attorney at Work. Be mindful of your ask, too. As noted above, share your ask.

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LawTechnologyToday

MARCH 19, 2021

Of course, a trial calendar feature is but one benefit of a case management system. Whether litigation is local or nationwide, we use these systems to track trial dates, discovery deadlines, depositions and court appearances and to present them in calendars or reports — thus ensuring no date or deadline “slips through the cracks.”.

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LawTechnologyToday

MAY 10, 2023

In general, it is important for attorneys to make sure that their home networks are secure, that they take security precautions when connecting through unfamiliar or unsecure connections (such as a hotel Wi-Fi) and that computers and documents be kept out of the view of others. Just my Outlook calendar. And the tools will improve.

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MyCase

APRIL 30, 2024

Summarizing depositions: Paralegals will translate dense depositions into concise overviews that include key facts, plus any admissions or inconsistencies in the testimony. Managing calendars: Legal assistants have full view of the legal team’s calendars across cases.

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Attorney at Work

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Is everyone consistently using online calendaring tools? Whether Office 365 or Google Calendar make sure meetings, hearings, depositions and trial dates are shared and don’t slip through the cracks. Subscribe to Attorney at Work. Or will GotoMeeting or Google Hangouts suffice? Illustration ©iStockPhoto.com.

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LawSites

JANUARY 23, 2023

Users host meetings, mediations, and depositions that mimics real-life litigation scenarios and provides a level of security befitting legal proceedings. We provide features that protect attorney-client privilege and provide added security to sensitive proceedings. What makes you unique or innovative?

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Rocket Matter

JANUARY 30, 2023

When you’re able to see billable activity by users, you can get an idea of how much each individual attorney at your firm is billing. These reports also come in handy if you’re hoping to implement attorney bonuses informed by billable hours. 2. All within a single, easy-to-use program.

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Attorney at Work

JUNE 6, 2022

Licks Attorneys use their website as a one-stop resource to provide its global client base with up-to-date information that impacts case management. Vivian Coco, head of legal marketing and client relations, Licks Attorneys (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil). Bruna DeRegina, communication manager, Licks Attorneys.

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Diane Drain

OCTOBER 29, 2020

The Writ of General Execution is delivered to the Civil Enforcement Division of the Sheriff’s Department along with an initial $200 fee deposit. the Sheriff’s costs of sale and sale commission within five (5) calendar days after the date of the Sheriff’s Execution Sale. in hard costs + the $2,000 commission for a total of $2,129.60.

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LawSites

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Users host meetings, mediations, and depositions that mimics real-life litigation scenarios and provides a level of security befitting legal proceedings. Rich, easy-to-use features allow attorneys and paralegals to quickly draft responses, add objections, text or email clients and obtain electronic signatures directly from our platform.

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Attorney at Work

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

For example, becoming defensive when that client calls incessantly, feeling panic when facing an inbox overflowing with emails, hiding in the bathroom when you have an upcoming deposition, competing with colleagues in meetings or eating a cookie at 3 p.m. Calendar those exercise appointments. Then before acting, take 10 deep breaths.

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Rocket Matter

JULY 5, 2023

In fact, 63% of attorneys work for solo or small firms. Solo lawyers commonly report being happier with their professional lives , more satisfied with their mental health, and enjoying more positive attorney-client relationships than their counterparts at large law firms. How competitive is the market for that type of practice?

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Day on Torts

APRIL 1, 2022

In support of this motion, defendant filed the deposition of the NP, wherein she stated that she had reviewed decedent’s medical records “for the sole purpose of assessing whether there were any deviations from the nursing standard of care,” but not from the perspective of “whether those deviations caused Decedent’s death.”

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LawTechnologyToday

MARCH 1, 2023

Users host meetings, mediations, and depositions that mimics real-life litigation scenarios and provides a level of security befitting legal proceedings. Rich, easy-to-use features allow attorneys and paralegals to quickly draft responses, add objections, text or email clients and obtain electronic signatures directly from our platform.

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LexBlog

MARCH 11, 2012

Outlook Calendar Synch (OLSYNCH). OLSynch is an additional feature that can update your personal calendar in your own installation of MS Outlook with calender entries held in The Legal Assistants system calendar assigned to you automatically with no intervention. No restriction on Deposition entries.

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LexBlog

MARCH 11, 2012

Outlook Calendar Synch (OLSYNCH). OLSynch is an additional feature that can update your personal calendar in your own installation of MS Outlook with calender entries held in The Legal Assistants system calendar assigned to you automatically with no intervention. No restriction on Deposition entries.

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LawSites

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Traction: We are adding about 25 people a day as registrants, having fully launched in late October 2023, and have begun demos with attorneys. Altumatim Elevator Pitch: Altumatim is the story-based eDiscovery platform that fully automates document review and finds the most important evidence by learning the story the attorney wants to tell.

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ALPS

APRIL 28, 2021

Grimmer , 2021 WY 55 (2021) (attorney engagement letter with an arbitration clause is enforceable and does not violate public policy); Geveran Invs., LEXIS 781 (fee dispute: arbitration clause enforceable in attorney engagement agreement); Avetisyan v. Irell & Manella, LLP, 2021 Cal. Silberberg , 2020 Cal. Livewire Ergogenics, Inc.,

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MyCase

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

In addition to preparing for a filing or trial, an attorney may do legal research to accurately answer a client’s questions and provide guidance. AI can also be used to provide succinct summaries of lengthy documents like cases, laws, deposition transcripts, and more. What is “good” law?

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Strictly Business

MAY 31, 2018

The definition of “short-term holdings” is limited to the following: (i) bank deposits, certificates of deposit, bankers acceptances, and similar bank instruments; (ii) U.S. Recall that at least 80% of the fund’s investments must be in “qualifying investments” or “short-term holdings.” This definition is very restrictive.

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