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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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The Personal Injury Paralegal Role Can Vary Greatly

The personal injury paralegal role can vary depending on the staffing model of the law firm. Look at a few of the many hats these
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Paralegal Skills Required to Succeed in Your New Paralegal Career

The Paralegal Boot Camp's list of paralegal skills required to succeed is a list of transferable skills you may have acquired before becoming a paralegal.
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Paralegal CLE Requirements by State

Paralegal CLE requirements vary depending on the certification program and state you are in. Here's a chart that outlines all paralegal CLE requirements.
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Paralegal Training Doesn’t Stop at the Paralegal Certificate

The key to a successful paralegal career is to continue your paralegal training after you get your paralegal certificate.
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Paralegal Time Management Tips

If you're a procrastinator, these two paralegal time management tips from the Paralegal Boot Camp will get you motivated to get the work done.
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Personal Injury Paralegal Skills

If you're considering a position as a personal injury paralegal, here are some typical job duties and skills needed to be successful in this position.
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Technology and the Future of the Paralegal Profession

Paralegal technology is changing whether we like it or not. Keep up with those changes and how they affect your paralegal career.
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Organization Tips for New Paralegals

Organization tips are not all the same. It can be overwhelming when you are a new paralegal, especially when you're trying to stay organized.
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Paralegal Social Media Ethics

A quick video from the Paralegal Boot Camp's Founder, Ann Pearson, on how paralegal social media ethics can be an issue with paralegals posting to
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One Skill That Will Help You as a New Paralegal

There are lots of skills that will help you as a new paralegal, but in this short video we wanted to narrow it down to
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The Importance of Paralegal Continuing Education

Paralegal continuing education (paralegal CLE) is important to keep up with whether you are a certified paralegal or not.