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Day in the Life of a Litigation Paralegal

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I love the work I do, no matter how stressful it may get. I work from home as a fully remote paralegal, so I usually start at 8:30 AM and end my day around 5:00 PM. As soon as I wake up, I prepare my coffee, and I get to work. Check the attorney’s calendars (9:30-9:45).

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With Court Authorization, Litigators Discover Remote Depositions

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The holidays were over, the calendar had turned to a new year. Routines of work, school, family and other obligations were clicking back into place. That fantasy, the one that goes, “wouldn’t it be great to work from home and skip the commute?” For the foreseeable future, it’s the way we work now.

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5 Organizational Skills for Lawyers

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Daphne is a believer in the discipline needed for writing, but many of her suggestions work for anyone who needs discipline to succeed in their career. The wind-down routine helps me clear my brain for the remainder of my evening — which is particularly important when working from home with only one flight of stairs as my commute.

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Get Out! Take an Actual Day Off to Curb Lawyer Stress

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Lawyers in solo and small firms also face the extra stress of knowing there is no big safety net if we drop the ball at work. Typically , we are responsible for our own systems, including calendaring. In the beginning, I loved having my kids home for schooling. As the day approached, it was so hard to leave the calendar blocked.

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10 WFH Paralegal Technology Tools

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Many paralegals have now migrated to the work-from-home status permanently or part-time. Many paralegals have also experienced “burnout” due to the pressures of the times while lacking some tools to sustain productivity and efficiency in our newly set up home offices. The main use I have for Notion is as a daily log.

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Overwhelmed? Here’s How to Dig Out When There’s Too Much to Do

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Create a master list: Check your calendar. Taking your work somewhere new — like a “third place” as recommended by Analog Attorney — can help free your mind to make better decisions. In or out of crisis mode, my best tip for working from home is to shake up your routine and get away from the desk at least once a week.

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How to Successfully Run A Virtual Law Firm

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For instance, there are no commutes, no traffic, very little waiting, and if a client misses an appointment, it doesn’t take much to close our calendar and get back to work. Beyond those, I do have a few tools that I absolutely love and make any attorney’s life easier, especially a virtual attorney: Calendaring Software .