The Estrin Report
SEPTEMBER 13, 2021
Legal Secretaries are being phased out and now look very differently. The older, traditional role of a legal secretary is pretty much gone, said one industry observer. The secretary of the future needs to have really strong IT skills … and more multitasking than … Highlights. Is your job next?
Paralegal Bootcamp
MAY 20, 2022
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. I was blessed early in my career to have worked with some attorneys who loved to teach and share their knowledge.
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Paralegal Bootcamp
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
That was the first association NALS, which back then stood for the National Association of Legal Secretaries. They changed it in 1999 to the National Association of Legal Support Professionals. But let’s go back to when they started in 1929 as an association for legal secretaries. Times are changing.
Attorney at Work
JANUARY 18, 2022
Advances in technology and access to legal staffing is helping rural lawyers improve workflows and operate more efficiently. Compared with their counterparts in urban and suburban regions, rural attorneys often have less reliable access to critical skill sets and tools to support their practice.
The Estrin Report
MAY 13, 2024
I can’t help but stick my two cents in: “The use of the term “non-lawyer” creates an artificial hierarchy within the legal profession. It implicitly suggests that only licensed attorneys hold value or expertise within the legal realm , while others are relegated to a subordinate status.”
Paralegal Bootcamp
JULY 25, 2022
Fact-finding is a tedious process that requires thorough organization in order to create a written report that the attorney will later use to determine how the case should be handled. Unsurprisingly, a large part of a paralegal’s workload is drafting legal documents. Paralegals’ administrative duties extend into the legal realm.
Paralegal Bootcamp
AUGUST 10, 2023
Finding Your Place Typically, you start as a legal assistant or legal secretary. Once you have the education, training, and years of experience as a legal assistant, you can leverage yourself into the paralegal position you’ve always wanted and land your dream paralegal job. Supreme Court, you have to start somewhere.
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