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How To Lose a Paralegal Job In 10 Days

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The movie inspired me to want to do a little fun take on it and write about how to lose a paralegal job in 10 days. Now I’m assuming you probably don’t want to lose your job in 10 days, so avoid these things as a new paralegal and beyond. Avoid doing these 10 things when you first start a new paralegal job.

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8 Steps to Be the Rockstar Personal Injury Paralegal

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Most personal injury firms have docketing or calendaring software that automates this process. If your firm doesn’t, then set a reminder on your calendar for 60 days out from the statute date, 30 days out, 15 days out, five days out, and the day of expiration. Understand Medical Terminology.

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Tips for Managing Your Personal Injury Cases

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You just landed your first paralegal job at a local personal injury firm. But if you’re working for a solo practitioner, that date might just be on someone’s outlook calendar. Or maybe you transferred from another firm. Congratulations! Don’t panic. It’s doable. I’m not going to sugarcoat it, though.

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9 Ways to Succeed as a Personal Injury Paralegal

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A personal injury paralegal’s role can vary greatly depending on the business model and staffing model of the law firm. Some personal injury law firms prefer to separate the paralegal job functions into departments that focus on either the pre-litigation phase of a personal injury claim and then hand off the file to a litigation paralegal.

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5 Paralegal Mistakes to Avoid

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Put it on your calendar, though. Then put another date on your calendar, let’s say in 60 days. I’ve interviewed so many paralegals and the one thing that I hear most often, is how they’re currently in the paralegal job of their dreams, but they had to kiss some frogs first.

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Paralegal Career Growth – From Receptionist to Director

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Here are some tips for your own Paralegal Job Search. I was the same way when I was a paralegal manager. I managed in the way that I would want to be treated as a paralegal working for someone else. Just like not paying attention to timing or the calendar and not reading in order from the court properly.

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Will AI Replace Paralegals and Legal Assistants?

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Assisting with legal research and evidence collection: Legal assistants often support paralegals in accessing legal databases for research and gathering relevant case details from witnesses and experts. Managing calendars: Legal assistants have full view of the legal team’s calendars across cases.