The Estrin Report

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

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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Paralegal Bootcamp

OCTOBER 21, 2022

I currently work for a reputable litigation firm that specializes in bankruptcy, business disputes, real estate, and family law. Overnight, sometimes attorneys will message me for assignment requests that they want me to get done first thing in the morning. More chat requests and answer attorney questions (9:00-9:30).

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Paralegal Bootcamp

MARCH 4, 2024

I actually was getting my college degree because I wanted to go on to law school. One of the professors had a criminal justice degree and it was in his criminal justice class. He had a friend who was the office manager at a local law firm, in Sarasota, Florida. I went and interviewed for the position.

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LawTechnologyToday

MARCH 3, 2023

RT: I’ve used it to help me write an upcoming Future Proofing column in Law Practice magazine. Several days later, it seemed to have learned about legal ethics and I got a different (and correct) answer citing legal ethics rules. LJ: I did try Dall-E2 to make some drawings of a patent attorney in a steampunk style.

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LexBlog

JULY 26, 2019

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.

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ALPS

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Next, following in my mom’s footsteps, my first job out of college was working as a legal assistant at a public defender’s office. On one of my first few days, my attorney advisor took me aside and explained to me that the lawyers were not necessarily the smartest people in the office. I couldn’t believe what he was saying!

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Lawfecta

OCTOBER 18, 2020

Running a law practice is hard, sometimes overwhelming. You need a paralegal, legal assistant, virtual assistant or associate who is loyal, proactive, great with clients who has amazing attention to detail and can figure things out on their own. The future of law is changing. Law consumers are savvier now.

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MyCase

JULY 1, 2021

That’s why we love to learn as much as we can about their law practices and how their firms use MyCase to save time and money. Most recently we talked to Gene Zweban to learn about how and why his law firm, Zweban Law Group , a Florida-based personal injury and family law firm uses MyCase.

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Patently O

JUNE 14, 2023

Keith Robinson , Professor of Law, Faculty Director for Intellectual Property, Technology, Business, and Innovation, Wake Forest University School of Law. Watch his video proposing a Law and Technology Pipeline Consortium. The program will also collaborate with law schools in areas near these universities.

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Conflict of Laws

APRIL 12, 2021

The first article, by Didier Boden (University of Paris 1 Pantheon Sorbonne), proposes new names and definitions in order to enrich private international law. The article “proposes to remedy that lexical impropriety and that semantic deficiency by presenting a new collection of names and a new collection of definitions”.

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The Estrin Report

JANUARY 4, 2022

The problem is that employees are leaving the legal field for other opportunities or they are leaving their law firm jobs for more exciting, less stressful and better paying positions within other law firms. When I say “hiring bonuses”, I am not talking about attorneys who received these pre-COVID as SOP.

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LexBlog

JULY 19, 2019

There are a wide variety of options for schooling that fit around a busy lifestyle, including programs with night classes, and programs that are completely online. The paralegals and legal assistants that exhibit strong computer and database skills, along with a strong work ethic will typically be the best candidates.

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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. We expect to grow as the legal industry becomes more comfortable with AI. AltFee Elevator Pitch: AltFee revolutionizes law firm pricing by offering a foundation for alternative fee structures.

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LawSites

AUGUST 23, 2021

Last month, AffiniPay , parent of the popular legal payments platform LawPay , named Dru Armstrong as its new CEO. With degrees in both law and business from the University of Chicago, Armstrong was previously CEO of Grace Hill , a company that provides software for owners and operators of real estate properties.

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LexBlog

JULY 19, 2019

There are a wide variety of options for schooling that fit around a busy lifestyle, including programs with night classes, and programs that are completely online. The paralegals and legal assistants that exhibit strong computer and database skills, along with a strong work ethic will typically be the best candidates.

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LawSites

JANUARY 17, 2022

We apply Natural Language Processing and a semantic knowledge graph to the process that attorneys use to research, analyze and write complex legal documents. Our system inherently understands legal relationships and keeps up with changes in the law. Attorney users $199/mo. Demo video: Video on page: [link].

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LegalTalkNetwork

JUNE 13, 2018

They enlightened me on how we talk about the access to justice topic, what it is, who is affected, and why this conversation is so important to the rule of law. Here is a picture of me with my best legal aid friend, Rusty from South Carolina Legal Services at the LTN table, totally excited, as you can tell! Let me set the scene.

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Paralegal Mentor

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

Jaye Koch, ACP, is a Senior Paralegal at the Virginia Beach Office of the Commonwealth’s Attorney where she enjoys doing any type of research (especially legal) and trial preparation. I was entering my senior year of college and considering law school. Jaye has a B.A. What prompted you to choose a paralegal career?

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LawSites

JANUARY 17, 2022

We apply Natural Language Processing and a semantic knowledge graph to the process that attorneys use to research, analyze and write complex legal documents. Our system inherently understands legal relationships and keeps up with changes in the law. Attorney users $199/mo. Demo video: Video on page: [link].

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

APRIL 9, 2021

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. Second Circuit Rejected New York City’s State Law Climate Claims Against Oil Companies. By Margaret Barry and Korey Silverman-Koati. and non-U.S. 3d 849 (9th Cir.

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