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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. Looking back to 2020 information, the mean hourly wages for Paralegals and Legal Assistants was $27.22 per hour, with a mean annual wage of $56,610.

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

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In one of his final public acts — a New York Times essay published just two weeks before his death — Dellinger praised President Joe Biden’s pledge to select a Black woman to succeed Justice Stephen Breyer. As assistant attorney general for New York from 1967 to 1978, Marcus argued — and won — six cases before the justices.

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How to Become a Virtual Legal Assistant

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. • Legal: Prepare litigation, estate planning, bankruptcy, corporate, real estate, family law, immigration and other practice specialty documents, schedule events and calendar management for law firms and attorneys; audit letters; handle correspondence; intake; anything and everything a legal secretary can do.

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5 Tips for Making Recruiters Your Best Friend and Career Miracle Worker

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Here are the reasons recruiters are extremely valuable to your career whether or not you are seeking a new position. R ecruiters can have backgrounds as former administrators, paralegal managers, senior paralegals, attorneys, legal secretaries or litigation support managers. They know this field inside and out.

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A day in the life at a legal technology firm

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While that position was certainly interesting, it wasn’t quite right for me, but I loved the dynamic environment, which led me to consider combining both interests: legal work within the banking and finance sector. I really enjoyed my time in New York so I would like to go back there, but Hong Kong also really appeals to me.

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Sandra Day O’Connor, first woman on the Supreme Court, dies at 93

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One California-based firm, Gibson Dunn, did offer O’Connor a job – as a legal secretary. That “reappraisal” began in 1992, when O’Connor authored the court’s opinion in New York v. She stayed there until 1954, when she moved to Germany with her husband, who served as an Army lawyer.

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At A Turning Point for the Law Firm Docketing Profession, A Conversation with Three of its Trailblazers

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It’s interesting because we’ve been around longer than paralegals, longer than legal secretaries. And we all knew about MACA in New York. I’ve hired people who were legal secretaries. Our basic jobs started in England as an assistant to an attorney. We were kind of like Bob Cratchit.