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What it’s like to be a law student turned legal secretary

SimplyLawJobs

We recently caught up with Myfanwy Sequeira, a law graduate who now works at Brockbanks as a legal secretary. Myfanwy kindly shared the path she took as a student, her 3 key pieces of advice for aspiring legal professionals and an insight into life as a student and secretary. Introducing Myfanwy.

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Day in the life of a legal assistant

SimplyLawJobs

I am a legal assistant working at a multi-claimant legal US firm specialising in commercial, employment and consumer class action litigation. In September I got my first full time legal job at Keller Lenkner UK working on the class-action Vehicle Emissions Claims. Search the latest Legal Secretary jobs.

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Paving Your Way: Overcoming Obstacles to Land Your Dream Paralegal Job

Paralegal Bootcamp

. ” – Nora Roberts So, you know you want to land your dream paralegal job but exactly how are you supposed to do that when you have no legal experience? Finding Your Place Typically, you start as a legal assistant or legal secretary. Even a position with a local court can give you great legal experience.

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Paralegal Roles in Other Countries

Paralegal Bootcamp

With this being the case, we focus on a variety of paralegal, legal assistant, and administrative assistant legal positions in our home country. Law Clerk – This term is commonly used in Ontario and denotes someone who does a mix of administrative and substantive tasks, but is usually less substantive than that of a paralegal.

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What IS a paralegal, exactly?

LexBlog

I think a shorter list is what one is not, but in summary, paralegals provide day to day support by assisting attorneys, law offices, or other various agencies conducting research, drafting legal documents, and handling cases. A good paralegal knows the general laws and does the work assigned. What is it like to be a paralegal?

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Strategies for Building a More Diverse and Inclusive Law Firm

Lawfecta

Although events are still playing out nationally through protests and political engagement, what’s clear to many law firms is the need to proactively implement change. The legal field remains among the least inclusive industries. There’s much that law firms can do to begin creating a culture of diversity, inclusion, and equity.

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The lives they lived and the court they shaped: Remembering those we lost in 2022

SCOTUSBlog

In 1973, Beckwith was a recent graduate of law school and was working as a political reporter for TIME magazine. Dellinger was a longtime faculty member at Duke Law School, and he founded the appellate practice at O’Melveny & Myers. Cissy had assisted with the case by transcribing the legal briefs.

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