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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. Assistant Juridique (Legal Assistant): Legal assistants in France perform similar duties to that of legal assistants in the USA, but they don’t necessarily work for law firms.

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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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2024 Guide to Utilizing Generative AI in the Legal Industry

MyCase

Legal/Administrative Assistants Legal and administrative assistants experience a transformation in their workflow with AI in the legal field. AI assists in drafting documents that adhere to the required standards, ensuring compliance and precision.

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Maximize Your Billable Hours with These 10 Time Tracking Tips

Rocket Matter

Draft a written policy, have an employee training session, and onboard new team members straight into that system. With a standardized system, invoices can go out faster, and the billing process doesn’t take up as many non-billable admin hours. 6.

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Six Tips for Keeping Your Solo Legal Practice Organized

Rocket Matter

Even though they strike out on their own to improve their work-life balance, solo attorneys are more likely to work nights and weekends to cover their billable and non-billable tasks. Avoid trust accounting missteps As a general rule, there’s not a lot of room for mistakes in a law practice—and even less in a solo legal practice.

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The Benefits of Virtual Legal Assistants

MyCase

Everyone gives a different explanation—ranging from the pre-recorded phone greetings you hear when you call your pharmacy to the remote worker drafting your Facebook posts to the work-from-home paralegal who onboards newly retained clients. Ask a fellow attorney or friend to define it. Virtual receptionists and live chat agents.