Paralegal Bootcamp

AUGUST 25, 2021

Most likely, you did not have a class on case management in your paralegal certificate program. When you’re starting a new career as a litigation paralegal, these case management tips will help you if you’re feeling a little overwhelmed. Develop a case management methodology. You struggle to find things. Why bother?

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Paralegal Bootcamp

JUNE 13, 2022

If you want to transfer to the litigation department at your firm, or you want to find a new position as a litigation paralegal even though you’ve been working in another practice area, how do you do that? Can you do that? The answer was an easy yes. It most definitely will help her do that. I see that all too often.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

MAY 12, 2022

While that is often true, as paralegals we are in the information business. Research skills are one of the top 10 things attorneys look for in a paralegal. ARE YOU NEW TO LITIGATION? You can fast-track your career with our 3-Step Roadmap to Manage Cases Like a Rockstar Paralegal! Paralegal Boot Camp.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

JULY 25, 2022

As society shifts and the need for lawyers to work faster and smarter grows, it becomes increasingly important that lawyers are able to nurture partnerships with freelance paralegals and legal assistants. On the other hand, paralegals are expected to thoroughly assist the lawyers in preparing for hearings, trials, and other legal engagements.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

She was one of my first new hires after taking on a paralegal manager position in 2004. Whether you’re a new litigation paralegal or have been on your litigation career path for years, Kim’s story is the perfect inspiration for welcoming mobility into your paralegal career and seeing the possibilities of where it can take you.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

APRIL 13, 2023

What is an Indispensable Paralegal? An indispensable paralegal is an essential member of the team. If you’re looking for the top paralegal skills or paralegal traits, I’ve written about those before on this blog. Specifically, habits that you can develop if you want to be an indispensable paralegal.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

A proactive litigation paralegal is a valuable addition to any litigation team. Being proactive is a critical skill needed to succeed as a paralegal. How can you be a proactive litigation paralegal? To be a proactive litigation paralegal, you must know what is going on in all of your litigation cases.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

MAY 20, 2022

To summarize a list of lessons learned in 43 years of paralegal practice is rather like opening Pandora’s box. 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.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

JANUARY 4, 2024

WHAT IS A LITIGATION PARALEGAL? A litigation paralegal is someone who works under the supervision of an attorney who practices in criminal or civil litigation. A litigation paralegal assists the attorney with many case management duties, from the complaint through the trial and the appeal.

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The Estrin Report

JUNE 26, 2023

Here are the top 9 concerns, questions, and hottest topics for today’s job market The Goldman Sachs white paper states that 44% of all legal jobs will be replaced by AI and that it will virtually wipe out the paralegal role. Will this happen to paralegals? The paralegal position will begin to look different. Is that possible?

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Paralegal Bootcamp

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

All that happens during an internet minute may grow from year to year, but we have to remember emoji selection is not a critical skill in the paralegal résumé. How Paralegals Work. If you’re reading this paralegal blog, there’s a good chance you already have a healthy grasp of what a paralegal does. Correspondence.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

MARCH 17, 2023

However, litigation technology can be tricky to understand. Using Litigation Technology Effectively Litigation technology can be tricky, but learning how to use it effectively is worth it and important for a litigation paralegal. Technology can help you as a litigation paralegal in many ways.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

JULY 24, 2023

However, it’s essential to understand that the kind of litigation paralegal role you choose will influence your job satisfaction. This is because some paralegals might prefer a corporate setting as an in-house paralegal, while others might thrive in a law firm setting working in civil litigation or other commercial litigation.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

AUGUST 21, 2020

As a litigation paralegal, you need to be good at finding the relevant court rule quickly. In my first paralegal position back in the early ’90s, the partner I worked for did me a big favor for my career and I did not even know it at the time. Back then, there was no such thing as Google or online court rules.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

MAY 6, 2021

How to Use Investigative Analysis Skills to Advance Your Litigation Paralegal Career. One way to advance your litigation paralegal career and take on other roles is to add new skills. When properly trained, a litigation paralegal can quickly learn the investigative analysis process. Processing.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

JANUARY 10, 2024

The key to accelerating your career in 2024 is learning eDiscovery and this blog is going to give you a 3-step plan for litigation paralegals to follow to make it happen. I feel so passionate about litigation paralegals learning about eDiscovery because I’ve seen what it can do for litigation paralegals’ careers.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

If you’re a paralegal and you’ve asked yourself, where do I want to take my career from here or if you’ve ever questioned if the skills that you’re obtaining as a paralegal working in a law firm could eventually transfer to a career that’s outside the typical law firm this interview will give you great insights.

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The Estrin Report

DECEMBER 26, 2024

For example, consider a litigation attorney aiming to transition into marketing. If your experience is primarily in research, depositions, and trial work, your chances of landing a marketing role are slim without additional preparation. Estrin was founder of the Paralegal Knowledge Institute , an online CLE organization.

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LDA PRO

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

After all, in many countries, there are already paralegal businesses that provide services that may appear to everybody to be comparable to those provided by an attorney. So, what’s the distinction between a lawyer and a paralegal? The difference between a lawyer and a paralegal . Job duties. Study and education.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

JUNE 17, 2021

Litigation Software as a New Litigation Paralegal. We will break down the paralegal technology skills into three categories of software: administration, matter management, and practice-specific applications. As a new litigation paralegal, it is not expected that you will have mastered all of these technologies.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

OCTOBER 6, 2022

This task may seem daunting and overwhelming at first, but whether you are a new paralegal or merely a paralegal new to the case, this will give you a roadmap for navigating the path to success. Own staff at trial: attorneys, paralegals, others. Paralegal Pro Tip. ARE YOU NEW TO LITIGATION? Paralegal Pro Tip.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

MARCH 25, 2021

Watch the free paralegal webinar replay from the Paralegal Boot Camp to get the top 7 habits that you can develop to fast-track your paralegal career, enjoy your work more, and feel like you are an indispensable member of the team. There are good paralegals. And there are great paralegals. Be a great paralegal!

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Paralegal Bootcamp

AUGUST 17, 2023

I recently received a question about prepping for trial and navigating your role as a trial paralegal with confidence and I thought it would be valuable to share these tips on our blog. That is your role when you’re a litigation paralegal going to trial. It’s what I teach in the Litigation Boot Camp. Let me explain.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

JUNE 15, 2023

If you’ve been in our community for a while, you know I was a paralegal manager before I started my company, Paralegal Boot Camp. I learned some things as a manager that I wish I knew when I was a paralegal, and I want to share some of those things with you in this article. I was working at the top of my game.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

DECEMBER 31, 2021

My fellow Paralegals, do you ever feel you’re at a dead-end in your job? Look at the definition of a Paralegal. “A Now we just need to get this definition out in our own offices and help our attorneys understand what a paralegal can do for them. Overcoming why attorneys underutilize paralegals does not happen overnight.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

MAY 18, 2023

Are you a paralegal Who’s wondering if you should go to law school? Should I take my paralegal career to the next level and go to law school? Do you want to know what a path from paralegal to lawyer can look like? All that is to say if you’re a paralegal, wondering if you should go to law school.

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Above The Law

MARCH 31, 2025

Here are the highlights of our conversation, from embracing change to rethinking the role of paralegals in a tech-driven future. As a trial lawyer handling environmental class action cases, he grew frustrated with inefficiencies in serving documents — a process that eats into time and resources at the earliest stages of litigation.

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NCBA

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Litigation Services Note from the Paralegal Division Technology Committee: Remote depositions have become increasingly common during the COVID-19 pandemic, and many paralegals and attorneys are still trying to find their way through this new remote frontier. By Huseby Inc. to get their […].

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Paralegal Bootcamp

MAY 27, 2022

Back when I was a litigation paralegal, before I went into management, I went to a lot of trials. Of course, weeks before, like any good litigation paralegal, I had called the office of the judge and asked how they wanted their copy of the trial exhibits. Check out these time management tips for paralegals.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Summarizing medical records can be a major part of a paralegal’s job, yet it is one that gets little attention in the curriculum of many paralegal certificate programs. Personal Injury Paralegal. Are you a personal injury paralegal struggling to keep up with all of those active case files? Know Your Purpose.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

You start a new paralegal position, and then you wonder for months when you’ll get that on-the-job training that will show you exactly what you should be doing every day. If you search US BLS paralegal job and look at the table at the top labeled Summary. That’s what every paralegal should know going in. It is what it is.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

JULY 16, 2023

Watch this paralegal training below! Why Do Billable Hours Matter to a Paralegal? I want to give you the knowledge I wish I had back when I was a paralegal to help you fast-track your paralegal career. I want to give you the knowledge I wish I had back when I was a paralegal to help you fast-track your paralegal career.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

JUNE 8, 2023

The Inspiration for this Blog As I mentioned, I had a phone call from someone who was seeking a payment plan option for the Litigation Paralegal Boot Camp because she said, “I desperately need the course, I’m new to litigation and have no idea what I should be doing every day, and no one is available to help me.”

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LawTechnologyToday

DECEMBER 9, 2022

“Slowly but surely” may be an apt phrase to describe the results from the 2022 ABA Legal Technology Survey Report covering Litigation Technology & E-Discovery. Many Years and Much Litigation. When asked to describe the type of attorney respondents mostly closely identified with, 46% stated they were “primarily litigation.”

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The Estrin Report

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

R ecruiters can have backgrounds as former administrators, paralegal managers, senior paralegals, attorneys, legal secretaries or litigation support managers. He went on to be an HR administrator at a top ten law firm and part of his job is recruiting litigation support and technical professionals nationwide.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

DECEMBER 29, 2022

It’s time to reflect on the past year and celebrate the wins of your paralegal career. Or that you got to attend a deposition for the first time. And this isn’t just a tip for new paralegals. Remember, this is your paralegal career. ARE YOU NEW TO LITIGATION? Prefer to Listen Instead of Read? Positive Recall.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

MAY 11, 2023

For more than 10 years, ACEDS has trained lawyers, paralegals and other legal support professionals at law firms, corporate legal departments, the government, and in academia. Your 3-Step Plan to Accelerate Your Litigation Paralegal Career Open more doors for higher income potential and more job opportunities. I understand.

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