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EU dispatch: ICC legal defence staff launching historic strike over labour rights, pay disparity

JURIST

ICC defence staff members are young lawyers acting as legal assistants and case managers. They lack basic labour rights, having no contract, no job termination period, no sick leave, no vacation pay, and no parental pay. ICC defence teams also include lead counsel. The vast majority are women. .

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When a General Retainer Agreement Makes Sense and When It Doesn’t

CARET Legal

Understanding General Retainer Agreements A general retainer agreement , an upfront contract between a law firm and a client, guarantees the lawyer’s services for a certain period. We also illustrate what legal practice management software (LPMS) can contribute to the process.

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The Return of Peter Strzok: How a Fired FBI Official Is Making the Case Against Himself

JonathanTurley

Strzok’s colleague and former paramour, Lisa Page, was given a contract as a legal analyst with NBC and MSNBC ). Due to this conclusion, the Washington Field Office concluded that Flynn “was no longer a viable candidate as part of the larger CROSSFIRE HURRICANE umbrella case.”. The FBI official replied, “Okay.”

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The Power of Paralegal Mentors – An Interview with Ashley Stasiewich

Paralegal Bootcamp

Ashley’s a member and mentor, as you heard, of the Alberta Association of Professional Paralegals and an associate member of the Edmonton Law Office Managers Association. My background is primarily working in criminal law, and I typically work in a very small firm, and your lawyer is always off at court.

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Is it Worth it to Become a Litigation Paralegal?

Paralegal Bootcamp

The attorneys are usually thinking about the big picture and how to win the case rather than the best way to organize the discovery responses for easy retrieval. Familiarity with legal software, case management systems, and common office software like Microsoft Office and Adobe is the bare minimum needed for technical skills.

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Time to Vote: You Get to Pick the Startup Alley Finalists for ABA TECHSHOW 2022

LawSites

Elevator pitch: For enterprise business teams, Advocat AI speeds up contract intake, generation and negotiation. Elevator pitch: Autonomous contracts (self-executing smart contracts). We are working on “contract performance management.” We are working on “contract performance management.”

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Time to Vote: You Get to Pick the Startup Alley Finalists for ABA TECHSHOW 2022

LawSites

Elevator pitch: For enterprise business teams, Advocat AI speeds up contract intake, generation and negotiation. How we’re unique: Legal tech is saturated with document automation tools, but hundreds of hours of customer research taught us these tools are only useful for wrote contracts. Target customer: Law department.