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Paralegal Tips for Negotiating Client Bills and Liens

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Healthcare liens. Healthcare liens are the hardest to reduce, but that shouldn’t stop you from trying. These balances are usually non-negotiable because of the contract between the client and their health insurance. I’m currently working as a real estate legal assistant, learning to be a real estate paralegal.

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6 Ways to Expand Your Paralegal Education

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Attending webinars presented by paralegal associations , bar associations, and other providers on subjects outside a paralegal’s field of law is a great way to broaden their legal understanding. Museum exhibits and podcasts personalize significant court cases or legal developments such as the evolution of labor or environmental laws.

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I Was Interviewed by a Paralegal Student

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Legal assistant can be an alternative title to a paralegal, but there is a difference. The ABA now says there is a difference, but for the last two decades they said that the terms were synonymous which can be very confusing for new graduates as some firms called their paralegals legal assistants and some firms called them paralegals.

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Career Planning for the New Year

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What skills and expertise are in demand for paralegals/legal assistants? Companies would like paralegals with experience in compliance, contract and lease administration, and eDiscovery to support corporate transactions and litigation matters. Healthcare. I want to work in contract administration.”)

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

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Catylex Contract Analytics Elevator Pitch: For businesses that depend on contracts, Catylex Contract Analytics delivers quick answers without reading mountains of paper. Until now, Contract AI has been disappointing because of weak training. Learn more about this company at the LawNext Legal Tech Directory.

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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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We run a gender decoder for all new job postings, and we hired international contract software engineers. We are currently working through POCs and contracts with several service providers. We are partnering with service providers, selling directly to law firms and approaching corporate legal departments. Anything else?

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

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Elevator pitch: For enterprise business teams, Advocat AI speeds up contract intake, generation and negotiation. We apply Natural Language Processing and a semantic knowledge graph to the process that attorneys use to research, analyze and write complex legal documents. We are working on “contract performance management.”