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Continuing Education for Paralegals – Sink or Swim?

Paralegal Bootcamp

It’s the same with paralegal certificate programs. A paralegal certificate program can’t teach you how to be a successful paralegal. Having a successful paralegal career comes with determination, continuously refining (and redefining) your skill set, and a mindset of owning your career.

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The Confusion of Legal Assistant vs. Paralegal Titles

Paralegal Bootcamp

It’s also because every law firm has a different definition of what a legal assistant is. None of the definitions of the paralegal title have ever really changed much. In other words, a paralegal and a legal assistant were the same thing. That was at a time when law firms had legal secretaries. Probably not.

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Podcast: Future Proofing Paralegals: Are You Headed in the Right Direction?

The Estrin Report

The Lawfully Employed Podcast with Host Chere Estrin Episode Description: Special Guest: Joe Spada, Boston University Paralegal Certificate Program Lawfully Employed is a Podcast hosted by Chere Estrin. Views expressed on this show do not represent or reflect views of any organization mentioned.

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It Is About More Than Just Paralegal Skills

Paralegal Bootcamp

Now notice how there isn’t anything about education in there. That’s because, as you know, if you’re working as a litigation paralegal, they don’t teach you how to be a great litigation paralegal in any paralegal certificate program. Now, I’m not advocating that someone should not get a paralegal certificate.

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Litigation Paralegal to E-discovery Paralegal

Paralegal Bootcamp

You simply cannot go straight from a recent paralegal certificate program graduate to an e-discovery paralegal. Even if you added on a specialty certificate, you still must have hands-on experience to be an e-discovery paralegal. Where can you get continuing education? GET THE HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE.

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3 Mindset Shifts for New Paralegals

Paralegal Bootcamp

Back then, there were two classes of people who worked in the law firm: attorneys and non-attorneys. But that also used to be when it was perfectly acceptable for law firms to have attorney cafeterias that non-attorneys were prohibited from using.

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Paralegal Roles in Other Countries

Paralegal Bootcamp

We’ll look at the paralegal role in a few different countries, what their role entails, and what kind of education (if any) is required to become a paralegal. Paralegals in Canada. Education/Certification. Compared to the US, paralegals in Canada are rarely, if ever, regulated. Let’s dive in.

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