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The Pros and Cons of Going Solo vs. Large Firm

Paralegal Bootcamp

Looking back to 2020 information, the mean hourly wages for Paralegals and Legal Assistants was $27.22 These numbers exclude all legal secretaries and administrative assistants. Starting incomes may not reflect that, but that is not the end of the story. Incomes rise as experience grows.

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DOJ sues Texas county over new redistricting plan

JURIST

The redistricting plan was adopted by the county on November 12, 2021 after the data from the 2020 Census was released. This lawsuit is the third time the DOJ has filed a lawsuit in Texas over voting issues during the Biden administration.

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The lives they lived and the court they shaped: Remembering those we lost in 2020

SCOTUSBlog

As the year comes to a close, SCOTUSblog looks back at some of the individuals who died in 2020 after living lives that brought them – at different times and for different reasons – to the Supreme Court of the United States. So Congress, for the first time, passed a law authorizing the chief justice to hire an administrative assistant.

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