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Mentoring New Legal Assistants

Paralegal Bootcamp

Many firms use software to manage cases such as Filevine, Clio, or MyCase. These case management tools are extremely helpful in keeping your client information, deadlines, and other important facts in one location. Have your new legal assistant sit with you as you work through your list or case management system.

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Legal Tech To Increase Access To Justice: A Conversation With Eric Voogt

Above The Law

He encouraged firms to embrace alternative pricing models, likening them to bidding processes in construction. Start With Case Management When asked how firms should begin their tech transformation, Eric had one clear answer: invest in case management software.

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

Paralegal Bootcamp

Paralegal Lessons Learned From Years of Case Management. Manage your cases. Paralegal work is all about case management and how you keep the plates spinning. I review my cases weekly and have a running list of status and what or who we are waiting on for a response. Value your legal team.

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Talking Points: Cloud Software Delivers Unprecedented Interoperability

NCBA Law Practice Management Blog

That’s why, for example, law practice management software is so useful as a hub for law firm operations, because you can add and aggregate data from other systems into it, allowing you to select a client or matter and see, more or less, a complete rendering of the history of that case.

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The Pros and Cons of Going Solo vs. Large Firm

Paralegal Bootcamp

In litigation, for example, in a large firm, as a litigation paralegal , you may perform only discovery tasks whereas, in a small firm, you may be handling case intakes, case management, writing demands, filing lawsuits, performing discovery, legal research, motion practice, and trial practice.

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The Essential Role of Paralegals: A Comprehensive Overview

Paralegal-Edu.Org

They may be involved in the research of case laws, statutes, or regulatory provisions and thereby display their proficiency in mining large legal repositories to dig out precedents, relevant statutes, and other important information.

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3 Traits of a Rockstar Paralegal

Paralegal Bootcamp

It means that you ignore feedback or you take constructive criticism personally. I am still at the firm, and I hope to continue building my experience to be a case manager. Your way is the right way, and no one should even dare to suggest there could be a better, more efficient way of doing things.