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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. In my own defense, the last 25 years of my career has been dedicated to one attorney as a contracted tort litigation paralegal. The same can hold true with new legal assistants.

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The Pros and Cons of Going Solo vs. Large Firm

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That may come in the form of legal secretaries, runners, file clerks, copy people, or even assistants whose job it is to schedule, docket, or do document management. 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.

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

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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. ARE YOU NEW TO LITIGATION? At least it hasn’t been boring. Meet the Author.

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Self-Help Information by the Courts in 2021

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We were curious as to the status of online court help to the self-represented litigants as a good 2021 year-end wrapup article for the CTB? Indiana courts use a portal E-filing model that allows the public to choose from several providers. We share what we found below. Very well done.

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

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The problem was this: Many of the books that contain our official case law were published by companies that had a history of acting aggressively through litigation to prevent others from copying the law or from competing in the realm of legal information. The ‘guillotine’ the project used for slicing books’ bindings.

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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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VoiceScript Ai.Law Elevator Pitch: Provides AI-generated litigation documents, from pleadings to discovery. We are the first AI-driven platform to focus specifically on drafting litigation documents. The substantial amount of time lawyers spend drafting documents during litigation. What makes you unique or innovative?

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April 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. climate litigation charts. By Margaret Barry and Korey Silverman-Koati. and non-U.S. HERE ARE THE ADDITIONS TO THE CLIMATE CASE CHART SINCE UPDATE # 144.

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