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The Differences Between Paralegals and Legal Assistants

LegalTalkNetwork

A Paralegal’s Role A paralegal is a specialized legal assistant who has undergone specific training and education in legal practices and procedures. For instance, paralegals are typically required to possess a degree in paralegal studies or a related field, and they may also need to obtain certification from a professional organization.

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Voting Is Open! Pick the 15 Finalists to Compete At Startup Alley at ABA TECHSHOW 2024 in February

LawSites

We are the first AI-driven platform to focus specifically on drafting litigation documents. The substantial amount of time lawyers spend drafting documents during litigation. It also improves access to justice for society as lawyers can handle more cases, as well as remove some bias from the legal system through fact-first drafting.

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How High-Growth Litigation Firms Don’t Get Buried in Admin Work

CARET Legal

To stay competitive, litigation firms need to find ways to ease administrative friction without losing control of their cases. To stay competitive, these firms need to find ways to ease administrative friction without losing control of their cases. Litigation teams face more moving parts with every new case.

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Billable Hour Q & A

Paralegal Bootcamp

Whenever there are write-offs, you also have to ask yourself – is the attorney writing off that time because the time entry itself – the way the time entry is drafted – does it convey the real value of the work I did? Here’s an example, in most cases client won’t pay for a paralegal to draft a notice of deposition anymore. Not anymore.

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Time to Vote! Pick the 15 Finalists to Compete At Startup Alley at ABA TECHSHOW 2023

LawSites

Until now, Contract AI has been disappointing because of weak training. Unlike consumer AI (trained on terabytes), most Contract AI is trained on small samples of text. Vendors expect their customers to do the hard work of training for themselves. Draft your point by yes/no questions.

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Time to Vote: You Get to Pick the Startup Alley Finalists for ABA TECHSHOW 2022

LawSites

We need your vote! Elevator pitch: Judges are like the umpires of the courtroom, but litigators lack the information they need to understand the parameters of each umpire’s strike zone. Here is your chance to help pick the legal technology startups that will be selected for the sixth-annual Startup Alley at ABA TECHSHOW 2022.

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Veritext Legal Solutions Introduces AI-Generated Smart Summaries for Arbitrations, Hearings and Court Trials

Connor Reporting

Veritext Legal Solutions Introduces AI-Generated Smart Summaries for Arbitrations, Hearings and Court Trials Livingston, New Jersey March 17, 2025 Veritext Legal Solutions , the leader in technology-enabled court reporting services and litigation support solutions, announces a new development for its suite of Smart Summary offerings.