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Top 7 Tips for Litigation Paralegals in 2024

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eFiling, the application that allows you to electronically file your pleadings, motions, briefs, and other court filings. Back in the old days, there was no such thing as electronic filing. Hopefully, they covered eFiling in your technology class in your paralegal certificate program. Who do we get to blame?

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What To Do When Your Law Firm Won’t Embrace Technology

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Older attorneys, on the other hand, may have begun working in an era where it was common for lawyers to not even have computers in their offices. If eFiling and eDiscovery are frustrating, it’s probably because you’re failing to embrace the shift to digital methods. Changes in legal practices and court procedures.

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Next-Gen Bar Exam That Truly Tests Daily Practice Skills Must Include Technology

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“Professed technological incompetence is not an excuse for discovery misconduct” is not a court holding you want to see (James v. In today’s legal profession, lawyers must be technologically competent. Examinees will be required to perform the activities typically required of a newly licensed lawyer. 5, 2014)).