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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. These numbers exclude all legal secretaries and administrative assistants. Federal jobs don’t lag too far behind. That will serve you best in the end.

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Mentoring New Legal Assistants

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In my own defense, the last 25 years of my career has been dedicated to one attorney as a contracted tort litigation paralegal. Laurie is a transplanted Midwesterner from Indiana to the Arizona desert in 1972. She began her career in 1977 in a quasi-legal secretarial/paralegal position as “paraprofessionals” weren’t quite yet a thing.

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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. Laurie Fields is a transplanted Midwesterner from Indiana to the Arizona desert in 1972. Meet the Author.

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