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What it’s like to be a law student turned legal secretary

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We recently caught up with Myfanwy Sequeira, a law graduate who now works at Brockbanks as a legal secretary. Myfanwy kindly shared the path she took as a student, her 3 key pieces of advice for aspiring legal professionals and an insight into life as a student and secretary. Search the latest Legal Secretary jobs.

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Paralegal Roles in Other Countries

Paralegal Bootcamp

They are responsible for: Drafting documents/agreements Corresponding with clients Meeting with clients for the signing of documents Legal Research Using eDiscovery software Representing individuals in small matters Administrative duties. If that doesn’t say I do extremely substantive legal work, then I don’t know what does!

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What IS a paralegal, exactly?

LexBlog

I think a shorter list is what one is not, but in summary, paralegals provide day to day support by assisting attorneys, law offices, or other various agencies conducting research, drafting legal documents, and handling cases. A paralegal is not a legal assistant or legal secretary. Again, most U.S.

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Top 5 best and worst things about being a paralegal

LexBlog

One of the most unique aspects of being a paralegal or legal secretary is that no day will be the same. Additionally, you could take your legal expertise to law school (move over Elle Woods!). The legal field is ALWAYS changing, and you must evolve with it. A Diverse Work Environment. Paralegal Prestige.

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Top 5 best and worst things about being a paralegal

LexBlog

One of the most unique aspects of being a paralegal or legal secretary is that no day will be the same. Additionally, you could take your legal expertise to law school (move over Elle Woods!). The legal field is ALWAYS changing, and you must evolve with it. A Diverse Work Environment. Paralegal Prestige.

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The lives they lived and the court they shaped: Remembering those we lost in 2022

SCOTUSBlog

In 1973, Beckwith was a recent graduate of law school and was working as a political reporter for TIME magazine. This spring, after POLITICO published a draft opinion of Dobbs and revealed that the court was poised to overturn Roe , Beckwith praised the leak. Forty-nine years before the leaked opinion in Dobbs v. 1, 1952 – Aug.

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Sandra Day O’Connor, first woman on the Supreme Court, dies at 93

SCOTUSBlog

She wrote in Lazy B that she “felt poorly prepared compared to the other freshmen,” but she was admitted to a program that allowed her to start law school at Stanford in her senior year, as one of only four women in her class. One California-based firm, Gibson Dunn, did offer O’Connor a job – as a legal secretary.

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