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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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Make Your Office Space a Happy Space

What is your one thing that brightens up your office? Something that makes you smile every morning when you see it? For us, it's flowers.
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WFH Paralegal – How to Set Up Your Home Workspace

As a WFH paralegal, it can be challenging to set up your home workspace if you do not have a designated home office. Tips from
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3 Methods to Summarizing Deposition Transcripts

Learn 3 methods for digesting a deposition transcript, with examples of what each deposition summary looks like.
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Proactive Litigation Paralegal Tip

Being a proactive litigation paralegal requires more than the ability to read an attorney's mind. Instead, try to this one tip.
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Assisting with the Pretrial Conference

The Paralegal Boot Camp's "Fast-Track Friday" tip for litigation paralegals assisting with the pretrial conference.
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Tip for Quickly Finding the Relevant Court Rule

As a litigation paralegal, you need to be good at finding the relevant court rule quickly. Do these 3 things to reduce the time it
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3 Microsoft Excel Tips for Paralegals

Our Fast-Track Friday tips for paralegals topic of the week is Microsoft Excel and how it can make a paralegal's job easier.
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5 Tips to Improve Proofreading

Proofreading is an important job skill to have as a legal professional. Here are 5 quick tips to improve your proofreading.
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Paralegal Project Management Tip

Paralegal projects can be managed more efficiently using this one simple project management concept referred to as the Triple Constraints.
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How long does it take to become a paralegal?

How long it takes to become a paralegal depends on where you plan to work and what field (or practice area) you want to work
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3 Pro Tips for Paralegal Time Management

We only have so many hours in the day. Make yours more productive with these 3 pro tips for paralegal time management from the Paralegal
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