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15 Alternative Paralegal Career Options

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Contracts Administrator. The list of alternative paralegal career options could be unlimited. Then maybe a sales position for a legal vendor would be a better fit than managing document review projects as a litigation paralegal in a typical law firm setting. In 2020, the Paralegal Boot Camp celebrated a decade in business!

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Legal AI – Can Paralegals be Replaced by Robots?

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Something a patent paralegal might typically do. If you’re in litigation, you’ve been hearing about and working with legal AI in your eDiscovery technology tools for years. But here’s the thing, legal AI in eDiscovery tools has been around for over a decade. It was an eDiscovery conference, and I was one of the speakers.

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I Was Interviewed by a Paralegal Student

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I would suggest going out and finding some job descriptions online for an area that you might want to work in. Go find some litigation paralegal job descriptions. Is eDiscovery going to take litigation paralegal jobs? I don’t agree that paralegal jobs are going to be taken by AI.

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What is a Litigation Paralegal?

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The paralegal is the team member who is searching the case database for potential evidence (emails, text messages, memos, contracts, etc.) Technology Skills Technology skills are critical if you want to have a successful career as a litigation paralegal. Prepare for depositions, mediations, and arbitrations. What does that mean?

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Paralegal Roles in Other Countries

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Regardless of where you are in Canada, paralegals have very similar duties to those of paralegals in the US. in Alberta, for example, a paralegal is not allowed to represent another person in court, but they can in Ontario or British Columbia. Here’s the interesting part. Education/Certification.

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Ask Me Anything – Paralegal Career Edition

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I believe that if I stay at my current employer, I will miss out on technical advancements, particularly eDiscovery. Now when you go to interview at another law firm who expects a paralegal with your years of experience to know the basics of eDiscovery technology and other litigation technology, you won’t have that experience.

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Paralegals v. Artificial Intelligence – Friend or Foe?

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It has been compared to teaching a baby to do a paralegals job, which is quite cute, but not practical. The ABA published an article in 2017, introducing a paralegal robot that reviews patent documents. Human Paralegal vs. Paralegal Bot. No need to fret, just like us humans, A.I. has its myriad of flaws.