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Arizona’s Alternative Business Structure Program Improved Access To Justice For Tort Victims And Possibly Large Companies

Above The Law

According to the 2019 Task Force on the Delivery of Legal Services report which recommended the creation of the ABS program, there is a decline in the representation of individuals in the people law sector. Specifically the lack of legal services for low-income individuals and rural communities.

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Paralegal Professional Development – Tips for New Paralegals

Paralegal Bootcamp

I had nearly given up hope when I got my first job in July of 2020 and was hired remotely in personal injury. Now that I am the Paralegal Manager, what else do I do outside of work today ? Office management. Remotely = no one there to physically show or tell me how to do… well, anything whatsoever. What would I do?

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In A First For A State Bar, Florida To Provide All Members With Free Trust Accounting Software To Help Ensure Compliance And Protect The Public

LawSites

In what appears to be a first for a state bar association, The Florida Bar is providing each of its 110,000 members with free access to legal trust accounting software – a move its new president believes will help attorneys better comply with trust accounting requirements and better protect the public from trust violations.

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Starting a Paralegal Career Without a Paralegal Certificate

Paralegal Bootcamp

Let’s start with, how did you get into the legal profession? She was a personal injury attorney and they were looking for a receptionist for their small law firm. This allowed me to learn more about the legal profession so that I could potentially advance and learn even more. Well, I met my husband in 1996.

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What is Legal Software and Why Does Your Firm Need it?

MyCase

Technology, including legal software programs, plays a big part in ensuring that your firm runs smoothly on a day-to-day basis. It’s no surprise that lawyers have used different types of legal software to help them run their firms for decades. How Can Legal Software Benefit Different Types of Law Practices?

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Lessons from Management: Key Insights I Wish I Knew as a Paralegal

Paralegal Bootcamp

Lesson 1: It’s the Practice of Law, But It’s Still a Business During my paralegal years, I was mainly focused on the legal side of operations. However, moving into a management role, I gained a new perspective: the business aspect of a law firm. This holds true even if you don’t have a billable hour number. Why might they do that?

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I Was Interviewed by a Paralegal Student

Paralegal Bootcamp

He had a friend who was the office manager at a local law firm, in Sarasota, Florida. Adapting With What I Learned as a Paralegal I do think that being a paralegal and working in the legal industry for all those years helped me. Free Guide for Personal Injury Paralegals Are you ready to be a rockstar personal injury paralegal?!