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Avoiding Common Trust Accounting Errors for Well-Intentioned Lawyers

Attorney at Work

It is tempting to allow a bookkeeper or administrative assistant to go ahead and sign checks; after all, in a pinch, it would be great to have them sign off and send out a filing fee from advanced costs held in trust. For lawyers who work remotely but have an office with staff, the temptation is extra great.

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Young Lawyers: Making the Most Out of Your Mentoring Relationships

Attorney at Work

This means that the mentee is the one who should reach out to the mentor (or their administrative assistant) to set up meetings that are convenient for the mentor. Take the Driver’s Seat. My first tangible tip for mentees is to drive the relationship.

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Out of Network: How Your Current Employees Can Help You Find Your Next One

NCBA Law Practice Management Blog

If you’ve got 20 years’ experience, and have run your own firm for the last 10 – you likely don’t know any attorneys with 3 years’ experience, or a newly-minted paralegal, or a recent college graduate, who could become an administrative assistant at your firm. But, you know who might know those sorts of people ? Your existing staff.

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Three Tips on How to be a Great Mentee

Attorney at Work

Is it through an administrative assistant? While they are willing to help, stand out by doing your best to make it easy for them. Find out their preferred method of communication and scheduling. Do they prefer using Doodle or Calendly? Do they have young children and prefer calls after the kids go to bed?

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Equipping the Rural Lawyer for Success

Attorney at Work

For additional administrative assistance beyond automation, rural attorneys can engage virtual assistants and virtual legal receptionists. Related: “Five Ways to Automate Workflow in Your Law Firm” Virtual, But Real Receptionists.

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Scale: The Three-Step Formula to Grow a $1 Million+ Legal Practice

Attorney at Work

For example, system design is integral to the delegation of tasks, such as turning over to your administrative assistant the responsibility to create new engagement letters. You can’t simply assign responsibility without proper documentation and guidance.

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The Pros and Cons of Going Solo vs. Large Firm

Paralegal Bootcamp

The top-paying industries that utilize paralegals and legal assistants are merchant wholesalers or in nondurable goods, where an annual mean wage could be as high as $134,210, followed by investment pools and funds at $76,560, to the management of companies and enterprises. . Federal jobs don’t lag too far behind.