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

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To summarize a list of lessons learned in 43 years of paralegal practice is rather like opening Pandora’s box. 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.

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The Pros and Cons of Going Solo vs. Large Firm

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Are you a paralegal trying to decide on working at a solo vs large firm? Whichever you prefer, when interviewing , ask questions about the responsibilities of the position and if there is room to learn new skills or tasks that will assist you in becoming a more well-rounded paralegal. Decide Where You Want to Work. Compensation.

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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. As paralegals, we look for the blind spots, or red flags, with our cases, witnesses, and in our legal strategies. Laurie is a transplanted Midwesterner from Indiana to the Arizona desert in 1972.

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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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Our users include a variety of roles, from managing partners, to associate lawyers, paralegals and admin/operations team members. Our most prolific user is a paralegal in California who, before becoming a paralegal a few years ago, was a nun in a secluded monastery with no access to the outside world or technology (since the early 2000s).