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How to Turn Your Performance Review Into a Career Development Opportunity

It's time to reflect and level up your paralegal career. Here are 4 key ways to get the most out of your paralegal performance reviews.
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Paralegal Side Gig Ideas (No driving required!)

If you need to make some extra cash, as a paralegal you have lots of options that don't involve driving for Uber or Door Dash.
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Litigation Paralegal Q & A

Ann answers questions sent in from listeners on the topic of litigation. Each month the podcast has a Q & A session on a specific
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Paralegal Podcast Episode – Interview with Molly McGrath

Molly gives us some great insight into employee retention, today's hottest practice areas for paralegals to consider, and so much more.
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Paralegal Schools Forget to Mention These Things

Five things that most paralegal certificate programs forget to mention to potential paralegal students about what to expect as a new paralegal.
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Paralegal Podcast Episode – How to be a Mindreader

Join Ann Pearson for a discussion on how to paralegals can add "mindreading" to their skill set.
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7 Tips for Mastering the Paper Flow in the Paralegal World

The Paralegal Boot Camp's guest blog writer gives you some great paralegal tips on mastering the paper flow in a digital era.
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Paralegal Life: Working For A Difficult Boss

Mary Mendoza gives paralegals her helpful insight into paralegal life with tips for working with a difficult boss.
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How Failure Can Benefit Your Paralegal Career

Paralegal, Rebecca Bach, gives us 10 valuable lessons that we can take away when we experience a failure in our paralegal career.
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Planning Your Contract Management System

Guest writer, Alice Kuo gives us insight on how to plan for a contract management system to keep organized in a remote work environment.
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Paralegal Checklist: Countdown to Hitting Send

This paralegal communication checklist gives you reminders on what to check before hitting that send button.
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Do You Have the Foundational Technology Skills to Be Successful in Your Paralegal Career?

Owning a laptop computer and Instagram account might help combat boredom—but doesn’t necessarily translate to technical proficiency in a legal setting.
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Personal Injury Case Checklist

The Paralegal Boot Camp's free personal injury case checklist to help keep you on track with your personal injury case management.
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The Mobile Paralegal: Tips for Working Remotely

Tips for successfully turning your traditional office position into a mobile paralegal position so that you can work remotely.
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Getting the Most Out of Your Paralegal Internship

A paralegal internship is an opportunity to gain valuable experience and a shot at landing a full-time position to start your paralegal career.
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Tips for Preparing the Personal Injury Demand Package

Paralegal tips and tricks for preparing a thorough personal injury demand package from a personal injury paralegal.
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Paralegal Case Management Tips

These paralegal case management tips from Ann Pearson at the Paralegal Boot Camp will help you excel as a new litigation paralegal.
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How Paralegals Can Avoid UPL

The unauthorized practice of law can get a paralegal in trouble. Here are three acts for paralegals to avoid UPL and some real-world tips.
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3 Mindset Shifts for New Paralegals

Your mindset is important when you are starting out in a new career, especially a career as a paralegal. Do these 3 things today.
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Litigation Paralegal to E-discovery Paralegal

Career options for paralegals are opening up, particularly if you are a litigation paralegal specializing in e-discovery.
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Types of Litigation Software to Know

We will break the technology down into three categories for you to use as a checklist for the types of litigation software to know.
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5 Non-Legal Podcasts For Paralegals

We are putting a different spin on the typical list of podcasts for paralegals and instead giving you a list of non-legal podcasts to inspire
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19 Tips to Streamline Records Retrieval

The Paralegal Boot Camp shares 19 tips to streamline records retrieval to make the process more efficient and your personal inury paralegal job easier.
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Paralegal Communication Skills

Brush up on your paralegal communication skills (written and verbal) with this quick read from the Paralegal Boot Camp's blog.
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What is eDiscovery?

What is eDiscovery? Here's an entertaining and interesting perspective from an eDiscovery insider to help you understand more about it.
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Paralegal Career Growth

Use our smarter goal-setting to make sure your paralegal career growth doesn't stall your career. Free video lesson and goal-tracking spreadsheet.
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Do Paralegals Work Long Hours?

If you're wondering do paralegals work long hours, that depends on several factors, including the practice area you choose and many other things.
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