Paralegal Bootcamp
FEBRUARY 25, 2022
In my own defense, the last 25 years of my career has been dedicated to one attorney as a contracted tort litigation paralegal. Many firms use software to manage cases such as Filevine, Clio, or MyCase. Print the lists from your case management system or, if you don’t use digital case management, use a spreadsheet and print it.
Paralegal Bootcamp
APRIL 15, 2022
That may come in the form of legal secretaries, runners, file clerks, copy people, or even assistants whose job it is to schedule, docket, or do document management. These numbers exclude all legal secretaries and administrative assistants. Federal jobs don’t lag too far behind. That will serve you best in the end.
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Paralegal Bootcamp
MAY 20, 2022
I’ve mentioned in previous articles that 43 years ago, the profession of “paralegals” and “legal assistants” didn’t really exist. Legal secretaries absorbed some of what is now considered paralegal responsibilities. Value your legal team. Paralegal Lessons Learned From Years of Case Management.
Attorney at Work
JANUARY 18, 2022
Other legal technology tools can help lawyers handle billing, time-tracking and case management. These tasks can be managed without local IT support, which eliminates the need for rural attorneys to undergo the hassle of finding someone willing and able to do the work onsite. and beyond.
Paralegal Mentor
FEBRUARY 2, 2015
Companies would like paralegals with experience in compliance, contract and lease administration, and eDiscovery to support corporate transactions and litigation matters. I want to work in contract administration.”) This isn’t unusual for any profession. Your career goals will require planning. Setting your big goal (i.e. “I
MyCase
AUGUST 7, 2023
To better understand what’s out there, let’s run down the general types of support roles found at a law office: Legal Secretary—Mostly Administrative Work A legal secretary is someone whose primary focus is handling non-legal, administrative tasks for a law firm so lawyers have more time to spend on billable hours.
Paralegal Bootcamp
JULY 24, 2023
In fact, what you see in most firms going forward is they have eliminated the legal secretary title and replaced it with a legal assistant title. 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.
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