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Mentoring New Legal Assistants

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My head bobbed up and down as I watched our new legal assistant bounce like a Jack Russell Terrier at my door holding a post-it-note above her head. In my own defense, the last 25 years of my career has been dedicated to one attorney as a contracted tort litigation paralegal. The same can hold true with new legal assistants.

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The Pros and Cons of Going Solo vs. Large Firm

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I hear about the low incoming wages for new legal assistants, and yes, someone at Chick-Fil-A might indeed make a larger hourly wage than a new, incoming paralegal. Looking back to 2020 information, the mean hourly wages for Paralegals and Legal Assistants was $27.22 See Paralegals and Legal Assistants (bls.gov).

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What This Paralegal Has Learned After Working With Attorneys for 40 Years

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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. Laurie Fields is a transplanted Midwesterner from Indiana to the Arizona desert in 1972. Meet the Author.

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Guest Post: The Caselaw Access Project — Then, Now, Tomorrow

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Harvard professor Jonathan Zittrain and l were sitting down with Daniel Lewis and Nik Reed , the founders of a legal research startup named Ravel Law, along with lawyers from Harvard’s Office of General Counsel, Debevoise & Plimpton and Gundersen Dettmer. The contract still took a couple more months to finalize.

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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?