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What is a Legal Assistant? Their Roles and Duties Explained

MyCase

As stated in the ABA’s definition, there is often some overlap between legal assistants and paralegals. Because they aren’t required to have any education or background in law, they don’t assist a lawyer with specific legal tasks. What are a Legal Assistant’s Duties?

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Paralegal Roles in Other Countries

Paralegal Bootcamp

Paralegals – Depending on the role, and their jurisdiction (as I mentioned before) a paralegal can represent someone in court, draft complex legal documents (under the supervision of a lawyer) perform research, and many other substantial tasks. If that doesn’t say I do extremely substantive legal work, then I don’t know what does!

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How Your Clients Interview You (and how a virtual legal team can help)

Lawfecta

To do this, law firms can take advantage of another industry change that has evolved from technology: a virtual legal team consisting of Paralegals , Legal Assistants , Legal Secretaries , and Virtual Assistants. What is a Virtual Legal Team? Can you wait?

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Career Planning for the New Year

Paralegal Mentor

The survey says: Law firms want paralegals who can perform multiple job functions and deliver quality results at cost-effective billing rates for clients. Companies would like paralegals with experience in compliance, contract and lease administration, and eDiscovery to support corporate transactions and litigation matters.