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What is a Litigation Paralegal?

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A litigation paralegal assists the attorney with many case management duties, from the complaint through the trial and the appeal. Three primary areas of case management responsibility include: Draft pleadings and discovery. Prepare for depositions, mediations, and arbitrations. Assist at trial. Assist at trial.

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Is it Worth it to Become a Litigation Paralegal?

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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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Top 7 Tips for Litigation Paralegals in 2024

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You don’t know if they have a specific trial presentation software either, so it really wouldn’t be a good use of your time to go out and try to learn all of these different case-specific or firm-specific software products when you might have to learn a completely different application. But it all has to come into that funnel.

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A Path to eDiscovery Certification

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We see junior paralegals grow into case managers. You become an e-discovery project manager, or an e-discovery project coordinator or specialist. The federal rules talk about producing electronically stored information in a way that is usable. Well, it’s no different in e-discovery. Do the math.

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Time to Vote! Pick the 15 Finalists to Compete At Startup Alley at ABA TECHSHOW 2023

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Our all-in-one virtual litigation platform streamlines and professionalizes the process of conducting and managing remote and hybrid litigation. Users host meetings, mediations, and depositions that mimics real-life litigation scenarios and provides a level of security befitting legal proceedings. We started with depositions.

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Voting Is Open! Pick the 15 Finalists to Compete At Startup Alley at ABA TECHSHOW 2024 in February

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Altumatim cuts through the noise in the ever-increasing volume of electronically stored information (ESI) and reduces the cost and time required to find the information that is critical to making informed decisions about whether or how to proceed with a matter and ultimately how to present the most compelling case at trial.