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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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Paving Your Way: Overcoming Obstacles to Land Your Dream Paralegal Job

Paralegal Bootcamp

Finding Your Place Typically, you start as a legal assistant or legal secretary. Once you have the education, training, and years of experience as a legal assistant, you can leverage yourself into the paralegal position you’ve always wanted and land your dream paralegal job.

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Day in the life of a legal assistant

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Search the latest Legal Secretary jobs. 9 Things you need to know before choosing a law school. by RoxanneB | Feb 7, 2022 | Careers Advice , Graduates , Uncategorised In this Simply Law article, our partner's Lawyer Monthly discusses the 9 things you need to know before choosing a law school.

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Why Writing Skills are Necessary for Paralegals

Paralegal Mentor

Paralegals and paralegal students often have difficulty developing their writing skills to the level expected in the legal industry. Legal professionals rely heavily on both verbal and written communication, so writing skills are essential for both lawyers, paralegals, and legal secretaries.

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What IS a paralegal, exactly?

LexBlog

A paralegal is not a legal assistant or legal secretary. The difference between the two is that a paralegal has either a certificate or associate degree providing them with the title of a paralegal whereas legal secretaries or assistants do not. Nor is a paralegal a court reporter. Again, most U.S.

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Strategies for Building a More Diverse and Inclusive Law Firm

Lawfecta

Recruitment is often limited to the top-tier law schools, yet these schools are behind the curve in diversity because of the prohibitive cost of attending them. So how can you improve your diversity if you only hire from those schools? •Create, fund, and support Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) for Black and POC employees.

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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!). A career as a paralegal allows you to make a difference in someone’s life, and that is irreplaceable.