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6 Paralegal Tips + An Invitation to Join Me

Paralegal Bootcamp

The advice is simple but profound: don’t give up on being a paralegal if your first position isn’t right for you. This paralegal shared that they started in real estate and absolutely hated itthey were ready to abandon their paralegal career altogether. Small firms function differently than large firms.

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Paralegal Tips for Negotiating Client Bills and Liens

Paralegal Bootcamp

As a personal injury paralegal , few things ache my heart more than seeing someone injured in a motor vehicle crash with minimal or no personal injury protection (“PIP”) benefits. Personal Injury Paralegal. Meet the Author.

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Paralegal Compliance Officer – An Interview with Melissa Andrews

Paralegal Bootcamp

For the past 10 years, she’s been working outside the typical law firm environment and in an area, to be honest, I never thought of as a potential career transition for a personal injury paralegal or any paralegal, really. Get tips on balancing being a mom and a rockstar paralegal.

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Paralegal Interview Tips to Land Your Dream Job

Paralegal Bootcamp

Being a paralegal and having a paralegal degree are two different things. 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. Personal Injury Paralegal.

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How to Balance Being a Mom and a Rockstar Paralegal

Paralegal Bootcamp

I spent the next few years earning my degrees and paralegal certificate and getting married and having a few more babies. I remember a few days after I started my new position the attorney asked me to file a certificate of revival for an LLC he represents. My experience was in personal injury.

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Paralegal Professional Development – Tips for New Paralegals

Paralegal Bootcamp

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 Paralegal Certificate in December of 2019 and graduated RIGHT into the Pandemic! Getting Started. What would I do? Think fast! Okay… For starters, I knew that I knew n o t h i n g.

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How to Become a Virtual Legal Assistant

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Virtual assistants specialize in various industries such as marketing, real estate, accounting, law or financial services. You can become a generalist or specialize in a legal specialty such as bankruptcy, litigation, real estate, estate planning or corporate. Firms often hire virtual assistants to save money.