Paralegal Bootcamp
JULY 8, 2021
Sometimes it is just as important to know what not to say in your paralegal job interview as it is to know what to say. Here are the five things that you should avoid saying in paralegal job interviews. But what if you did actually work for a law firm that was headed by a real bully who treated the staff badly?
The Estrin Report
JUNE 26, 2023
However, while big law firms are laying off due to overstaffing from the pandemic, the most active firms hiring today are in the mid-size, boutique and personal injury firms. Lately, I have noticed a slowdown in the time law firms take to interview and select candidates. Here are some approximations.
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Paralegal Bootcamp
DECEMBER 2, 2022
The movie inspired me to want to do a little fun take on it and write about how to lose a paralegal job in 10 days. Now I’m assuming you probably don’t want to lose your job in 10 days, so avoid these things as a new paralegal and beyond. Avoid doing these 10 things when you first start a new paralegal job.
Paralegal Bootcamp
OCTOBER 22, 2023
Having a successful paralegal career comes with determination, continuously refining (and redefining) your skill set, and a mindset of owning your career. In defense of all paralegal certificate programs, it would be difficult to teach every skill a paralegal might use at every different type of employer in dozens of different practice areas.
Paralegal Bootcamp
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
Can we end the confusion with the use of the legal assistant vs. paralegal job title? 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. That was at a time when law firms had legal secretaries.
Paralegal Bootcamp
AUGUST 12, 2021
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. This is not just your paralegal job – this is your career.
Paralegal Bootcamp
MARCH 4, 2024
I actually was getting my college degree because I wanted to go on to law school. He had a friend who was the office manager at a local law firm, in Sarasota, Florida. He thought it would be good to do that in between going to law school. I ended up loving being a paralegal so much that I dropped the law school plan.
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