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How To Lose a Paralegal Job In 10 Days

Paralegal Bootcamp

The movie inspired me to want to do a little fun take on it and write about how to lose a paralegal job in 10 days. Now I’m assuming you probably don’t want to lose your job in 10 days, so avoid these things as a new paralegal and beyond. Here are some Paralegal Resume Drafting Tips. I’ll be honest here.

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Tips for Managing Your Personal Injury Cases

Paralegal Bootcamp

You just landed your first paralegal job at a local personal injury firm. But if you’re working for a solo practitioner, that date might just be on someone’s outlook calendar. Or maybe you transferred from another firm. Congratulations! Don’t panic. It’s doable. I’m not going to sugarcoat it, though.

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5 Paralegal Mistakes to Avoid

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The paralegal I was interviewing had only ever worked on large-scale document productions. But she had NO experience drafting motions or pleadings, NO experience interacting with clients, and NO experience getting ready for trial. Find out more about your role as a trial paralegal. Put it on your calendar, though.

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9 Ways to Succeed as a Personal Injury Paralegal

Paralegal Bootcamp

A personal injury paralegal’s role can vary greatly depending on the business model and staffing model of the law firm. Some personal injury law firms prefer to separate the paralegal job functions into departments that focus on either the pre-litigation phase of a personal injury claim and then hand off the file to a litigation paralegal.

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Will AI Replace Paralegals and Legal Assistants?

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Performing client interviews and communication: Paralegals usually remain in close contact with clients, gathering information the lawyer needs or sharing case updates. Drafting legal documents: Paralegals draft documents as needed, from correspondence with witnesses to pleadings and briefs. or drafting portions of them.

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A day in the life at a legal technology firm

SimplyLawJobs

Following this, I secured a paralegal job in the firm’s Derivatives team in the London office during which I was able to self-fund my LPC. I’ll also make sure to check both my firm and my client calendars so I know what the day looks like. 7 : 45am – I jump in the shower and think through the day’s meeting schedule.