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6 Paralegal Tips + An Invitation to Join Me

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Fast-forward twenty years, and they’re still loving their litigation paralegal career! You finish your paralegal certificate and land your first job, and it’s just not clicking. The paralegals who will lead their teams and command higher salaries in the next few years will be those who master these tools now.

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Litigation Paralegal to E-discovery Paralegal

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You simply cannot go straight from a recent paralegal certificate program graduate to an e-discovery paralegal. Even if you added on a specialty certificate, you still must have hands-on experience to be an e-discovery paralegal. GET THE HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE. Every little bit of exposure helps. About the Author.

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5 Paralegal Mistakes to Avoid

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One paralegal did all of the discovery. Another paralegal did all of the trials. The paralegal I was interviewing had only ever worked on large-scale document productions. Sometimes she even managed document review teams of 10 or 20 other people. That’s no small feat. Maybe 1 million law firms.

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Is it Worth it to Become a Litigation Paralegal?

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A litigation paralegal is a legal professional who provides vital support to attorneys who work in the area of litigation. Paralegals play an indispensable role in the legal process, handling things such as document review and analysis, legal research, drafting pleadings, and managing case files. Not to worry.

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7 Habits of the Indispensable Paralegal

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Litigation Paralegal Boot Camp Are you still waiting for on-the-job training that takes you through each phase of a litigation case and shows you what you can do to support your attorneys? You don’t want the senior partner on your team to go to the young associate down the hall to help use that new technology tool. Checklists.

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