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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. The same can hold true with new legal assistants. As paralegals, we look for the blind spots, or red flags, with our cases, witnesses, and in our legal strategies.

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The Pros and Cons of Going Solo vs. Large Firm

Paralegal Bootcamp

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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Justice Tech Company Paladin Partners with Ukraine’s Legal Development Network to Launch European Pro Bono Portal to Assist with War Relief

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Also supporting the portal is LinGo , a non-profit social enterprise devoted to addressing public interests through legal innovations in Ukraine, which will manage the network to help coordinate connections between clients who need help and attorneys who are well-suited to assist.

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

Paralegal Bootcamp

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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Self-Help Information by the Courts in 2021

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Indiana courts use a portal E-filing model that allows the public to choose from several providers. Very well done. The nice thing about their web page is that it provides a feature comparison page.

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

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If you want to quickly curate and download a dataset of all decisions issued between 1960 and 1990 by courts in Iowa, which mention “farm” and cite to the Indiana Supreme Court , go for it. You also can create your own specialized datasets based on any search term and a variety of complex filters. court decisions on a thumb-drive, have at it.

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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 have implemented this for Indiana, Massachusetts, and California so far, and will have all opinions completed within 45-60 days. Gretchen Elevator Pitch: Gretchen revolutionizes legal assistance for lawyers, being the first generative AI-powered tool to integrate directly into their email inboxes. What problem do you solve?