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It Is About More Than Just Paralegal Skills

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That’s because, as you know, if you’re working as a litigation paralegal, they don’t teach you how to be a great litigation paralegal in any paralegal certificate program. And education is not in this Venn diagram because there are plenty of successful litigation paralegals out there with no paralegal certificate.

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Paralegal Case Management Tips

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Most likely, you did not have a class on case management in your paralegal certificate program. If you don’t know where to get started with an organization system, look into some available project management tools to get inspiration. Prioritize Your Cases. Do you know which cases are the most important?

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Top 7 Tips for Litigation Paralegals in 2024

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Hopefully, they covered eFiling in your technology class in your paralegal certificate program. A document management system that organizes the electronic version of everything in the case, like the Microsoft Word documents that you’re drafting, memos, etc. Right now, not a decade or two from now. We have to decide.

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The Power of Paralegal Mentors – An Interview with Ashley Stasiewich

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Ashley’s a member and mentor, as you heard, of the Alberta Association of Professional Paralegals and an associate member of the Edmonton Law Office Managers Association. My background is primarily working in criminal law, and I typically work in a very small firm, and your lawyer is always off at court. All right, Dennis.

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How to Become a Virtual Legal Assistant

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Social media management. Project management. In order to effectively succeed as a virtual paralegal,” says Draper. You have at least 5 years of experience in a law firm as a paralegal or secretary with at least a legal assistant or a paralegal certificate. . • Researching. Bookkeeping. Copywriting.

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Top 10 Paralegal Career Takeaways from 2023

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This is done to the detriment of the firm and the paralegal profession. Why would you want any lawyer to look at any paralegal and think they’re not very good at their job? It brings down the entire paralegal profession because pretty soon that lawyer thinks you are the only paralegal in the world w ho’s competent.

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