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How to Become a Virtual Legal Assistant

The Estrin Report

What exactly is a Virtual Assistant or VA? They are independent contractors or employees who work and use technology to deliver services. Virtual assistants specialize in various industries such as marketing, real estate, accounting, law or financial services. Firms often hire virtual assistants to save money.

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The Benefits of Virtual Legal Assistants

MyCase

Virtual assistants” is simultaneously one of the most trending and confusable terms of the last ten years. Ask a fellow attorney or friend to define it. When asked what their virtual legal assistants contribute toward, in one recent online forum thread with 192 (!) Calendaring. Inbox management. Research projects.

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5 ways a Virtual Assistant can ramp up your law firm marketing

Lawfecta

Attorneys and law firms need to focus on the world of online marketing, otherwise they are missing out on a large pool of potential clients. A Virtual Assistant well versed in the legal profession can help improve marketing efforts. What is a Virtual Assistant? Click To Tweet.

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Equipping the Rural Lawyer for Success

Attorney at Work

Advances in technology and access to legal staffing is helping rural lawyers improve workflows and operate more efficiently. Compared with their counterparts in urban and suburban regions, rural attorneys often have less reliable access to critical skill sets and tools to support their practice. Technology as Team and Task Master.

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LTRC Roundtable Discussion: ChatGPT

LawTechnologyToday

I asked ChatGPT if lawyers were required to be competent with their technology and it replied (initially) that lawyers had no duty of technical competence under U.S. If you haven’t tried ChatGPT (or other similar technologies) yet, why not? LJ: I did try Dall-E2 to make some drawings of a patent attorney in a steampunk style.

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How Attorney Rahlita Thornton Saves 12 Hours Per Week Using MyCase

MyCase

Do you set weekly, or monthly billable hour goals for your attorneys? Ideal for the end of any attorney’s workday, the Smart Time Finder displays an itemized list of all activities logged in MyCase on any given day, from which you can select potentially overlooked time entries you’d like to bill for. It looks clean.

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How Attorney Rahlita Thornton Saves 12 Hours Per Week Using MyCase

MyCase

Do you set weekly, or monthly billable hour goals for your attorneys? Ideal for the end of any attorney’s workday, the Smart Time Finder displays an itemized list of all activities logged in MyCase on any given day, from which you can select potentially overlooked time entries you’d like to bill for. It looks clean.