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Mentoring New Legal Assistants

Paralegal Bootcamp

My head bobbed up and down as I watched our new legal assistant bounce like a Jack Russell Terrier at my door holding a post-it-note above her head. The same can hold true with new legal assistants. As paralegals, we look for the blind spots, or red flags, with our cases, witnesses, and in our legal strategies.

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The Pros and Cons of Going Solo vs. Large Firm

Paralegal Bootcamp

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. I hear about the low incoming wages for new legal assistants, and yes, someone at Chick-Fil-A might indeed make a larger hourly wage than a new, incoming paralegal.

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What This Paralegal Has Learned After Working With Attorneys for 40 Years

Paralegal Bootcamp

I’ve mentioned in previous articles that 43 years ago, the profession of “paralegals” and “legal assistants” didn’t really exist. Legal secretaries absorbed some of what is now considered paralegal responsibilities. Laurie Fields is a transplanted Midwesterner from Indiana to the Arizona desert in 1972.

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Grammar Giggle – It’s Purdy from Perry

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It would have been better to say “If the former two-time All-Arizona quarterback Brock Purdy leads the 49ers.” .” I finally figured out his last name is Purdy and he went to Perry High School. The first line is just very poorly written. ” Follow