Paralegal Bootcamp
MARCH 16, 2025
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. I see this scenario play out more often than you might think. Id even argue that even at your second position.
Paralegal Bootcamp
NOVEMBER 26, 2021
But after they’ve got you enrolled and you’re in the paralegal certificate program, it would be helpful for you to also hear the downsides of being a paralegal so that you can be better prepared for your new career. I can tell you that in the last 29 years, I have never written a memo like that.
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Paralegal Bootcamp
DECEMBER 9, 2022
Regardless of where you are in Canada, paralegals have very similar duties to those of paralegals in the US. in Alberta, for example, a paralegal is not allowed to represent another person in court, but they can in Ontario or British Columbia. Compared to the US, paralegals in Canada are rarely, if ever, regulated.
Paralegal Bootcamp
JULY 24, 2023
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.
Paralegal Bootcamp
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
At her firm, they had paralegals pigeon-holed into a specific phase of a litigation case. One paralegal did all of the legal research, cite checking and investigations. One paralegal did all of the discovery. Another paralegal did all of the trials. That’s no small feat. Maybe 1 million law firms.
Paralegal Bootcamp
NOVEMBER 29, 2020
We give paralegals many effective time management strategies in just 60 minutes with our Get a Better Work/Life Balance course for paralegals. Research skills. Most paralegal certificate programs include a class or two on legal research skills that teach students how to find and cite case law and regulations.
Paralegal Bootcamp
NOVEMBER 10, 2022
This is why most law firms don’t hire a paralegal graduate without experience right out of paralegal school. You don’t learn much from your paralegal certificate/associate that applies to your day-to-day job. You only learn how to be a professional and a very basic understanding of legal research and some drafting.
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