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You’re reading this because you already think of your work as a paralegal in the foremost-important way to succeed: As a Career! I received my ParalegalCertificate in December of 2019 and graduated RIGHT into the Pandemic! Now that I am the ParalegalManager, what else do I do outside of work today ?
You simply cannot go straight from a recent paralegalcertificate 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.
Most likely, you did not have a class on case management in your paralegalcertificate program. Unless the lawfirm you work for only assigns one case at a time to you (and, let’s be honest, that is not going to happen), then you are going to have to juggle more than one case and keep all of them organized.
. • Social media management. Projectmanagement. I was amazed to find paralegals working virtually from their homes for document preparation services and lawfirms performing the same work, with the physical exception of putting files into a filing cabinet, as I did when working in-house. Customer service.
You could even have top-notch eDiscovery projectmanagement skills, but if you don’t know how to communicate effectively with the attorneys or the clients, you’re going to be limiting your career potential. It’s going to allow you to lead a project and projectmanage it better.
You start your paralegal career with these lofty goals, but it’s also right after you spent four years in college and another six months or maybe even a year in your paralegalcertificate program. When to Start Your Paralegal Career Growth Plan. It’s expected that you’re going to want to take a break from learning.
If you work at a lawfirm, being more productive will also get you more billable hours. Let’s say that you have 1,600 hours worth of work to do in a year, which would be typical for most paralegals. Keep in mind I was a litigation paralegal. These skills are required to be successful as a litigation paralegal.
Hopefully, they covered eFiling in your technology class in your paralegalcertificate program. A document management system that organizes the electronic version of everything in the case, like the Microsoft Word documents that you’re drafting, memos, etc. Right now, not a decade or two from now. We have to decide.
Listen to the podcast episode around this paralegal career takeaway. Be an Efficient ProjectManager Here’s an example. In my experience, it starts with the communication with the attorney or the lawfirm when they get in there. Listen to the podcast episode around this paralegal career takeaway.
Why did you decide to give up working in lawfirms and teach full-time? Well, actually, fun fact, I still do work very part time for Paul Moreau at Moreau Law. And it’s on a topic that I find very interesting since I have a business that provides paralegal training after they get their paralegalcertificate.
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