Paralegal Tips to Jumpstart your Paralegal Career

Alternative Paralegal Career Options

The skills that you’ve acquired throughout your paralegal career have opened the door to unlimited employment opportunities if you are looking for a job that does not have the title “paralegal.” Here are 15 Alternative Careers for Paralegals: Legal Staffing Recruiter Professional Development and Training…

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November 19, 2019

Paralegal Tips

Contribute to our eBook!

We’re putting together an eBook filled with paralegal tips and advice, titled 101 Tips for New Paralegals. We plan to publish and distribute the eBook for free to all new paralegals and we need your help! Please take a moment to add your tip. You…

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October 16, 2019

Paralegal Tips

How to Spot a Paralegal Program Scam

How to Spot a Paralegal Program Scam Paralegal program scams have been on the rise. An unsuspecting potential student enrolls in a paralegal program to get a paralegal certificate and then spends years wondering why they can’t get a job as a paralegal. Here are…

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October 3, 2019

Paralegal Tips Personal Injury

Personal Injury Case Checklist

Keep yourself organized with this Personal Injury Case Checklist We use this checklist in our Personal Injury Paralegal Boot Camp as a starting point for getting your personal injury cases organized. Many of the forms and templates that are part of this checklist are also…

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September 25, 2019

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Paralegal Training Doesn’t Stop at the Paralegal Certificate

The Paralegal Certificate is Just the Start of Your Paralegal Training Indispensable paralegals know that their paralegal certificate is only the beginning of their paralegal training. If you’re like most, you probably spent a good sum of time and money on that paralegal certificate, so…

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August 28, 2019

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Paralegal Time Management Tips

Paralegal Time Management Tips if You’re a Procrastinator Whether you have a billable hour quota to meet or not, time management is a critical paralegal skill to possess. If you’re a procrastinator (like so many of us!) AND you have a billable hour quote, that’s…

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July 29, 2019

Billable Hour Paralegal Tips Time Entry

Drafting Time Entries

3 Quick Tips for Paralegals Who Have to Enter Billable Hours Ask any paralegal working in a law firm, and they will likely tell you that drafting time entries is one of their least favorite things to do. I remember when I was a new…

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July 21, 2019

Litigation Paralegal Tips Trial

Trial Binder to the Rescue

USING A TRIAL BINDER (a/k/a the Trial Notebook) Getting ready for trial can be stressful enough when it’s a case you have worked on for months or years. That stress level multiplies tenfold when it’s a case that just got dumped on your desk last…

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July 11, 2019

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Personal Injury Paralegal Skills

The personal injury paralegal skills needed for a successful career in the personal injury practice area can vary greatly depending on whether or not you will be handling the file from start to finish (case intake through litigation and/or potentially trial). Some of the larger…

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June 16, 2019

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Keeping Your Paralegal Skills Sharp & Marketable

Paralegal Skills to Keep You Sharp & Marketable AND Give You More Career Options Even if you are already employed at a firm or organization that you love, keeping your paralegal skills sharp and keeping yourself marketable is important. You work in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment…

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May 18, 2019